Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

Cara Shepard

Dr Cara Sammons-Shepard, DVM is a practicing veterinarian in Maine and New Hampshire, and when on the road, the majority of her patients are goats. She and her husband have owned and operated a commercial farmstead creamery since 2009. In this podcast, Dr Shepard discusses different topics related to goat medicine and husbandry.

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Kidding 2020 - Recap & Reassurance

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

02/06/20 • 44 min

Kidding season is upon us. By request, this episode recaps some of my thoughts about kidding, when to intervene in a delivery, what things I get excited about, and what things I don't get excited about.

For more kidding info, also make sure to check out Episode 19: Care of the Pregnant Doe, Episode 21: The Periparturient Doe, and Episode 23: Ode to the Placenta.

Happy #kidding2020, y'all!

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Tales From the Farm Vol 10

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

07/16/21 • 35 min

Devin and I recap what all has been going on over the winter and spring at the farm on a rainy truck ride up to my parents' house on the 4th of July. (Sorry about the windshield wiper noise!)

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Passive Transfer, Colostrum, etc Part 2, mostly FPT and the like.

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

04/02/21 • 37 min

More Goat Talk about the whole passive transfer of maternal immunity for our goat kids coming at you in this episode. We talked about the actual amazing importance and complexity to the seemingly simple system of goat kids drinking colostrum in the first 24 hours of their lives in Part 1, so in Part 2, I go into what problems can arise from the failure of passive transfer (FPT), sequelae of FPT, and goat and human behaviors that can cause FPT to be a problem.

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Eyes

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

07/06/18 • 24 min

Are you creeped out by eyeballs? I’m not – eyes are totally cool!

In this episode I go over some common eye problems in kids and adult goats and what I do to fix them. Usually these things look really scary, but, in my experience, goats can heal their eyes from some really crazy looking stuff.

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Grab Bag: Biosecurity, Listener Q&A, and A Story.

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

07/04/18 • 26 min

Recording on the road because that's where I spend my life.

A few different topics in this episode:

Biosecurity testing - What is it? Why should I do it? Who needs to be tested? How often do I need to test?
Listener Question! (Someone is listening to my podcast and it makes me excited!)
Story from my dairy. It's always something.

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So You Think You Want Goats, Part 3

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

08/28/20 • 54 min

So I get a little verbose and long winded in this episode talking about health considerations for acquiring your new goats. Quick overviews of CAE, CL, and Johne's diseases, parasites, and things to avoid/ask/otherwise be aware of when you're goat shopping.

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So You Think You Want Goats, Part 2b

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

08/21/20 • 35 min

For Part 2B of our series- So You Think You Want Goats, I'm going to continue the nutrition discussion, now switching gears to grain and additives or supplements that may be already added to prepared grain, or ones you may add yourself. What is a "medicated" feed? Should we be feeding grain with ammonium chloride? Should we be feeding grain at all?

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Tales from the Farm Vol 2

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

09/18/19 • 26 min

Recent thoughts and experiences about the past month or so which was our first month as owners of a gigantic old farm house that needs tons of work to become a goat dairy.

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Signalment (aka What You Need to Tell Me on the Phone)

Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

06/28/18 • 18 min

Help me help you! In this episode, I go over how to efficiently and effectively tell me (or your own primary vet) about your goat's problem on the phone.

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