On July 19, 2016 I had our herd tested or Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) virus using the Elisa test and also tested for Brucella abortus. All of the six milking does were tested for TB as well. Dr. James Thomkins of Tucumcari drew the blood and it was processed by New Mexico Department of Agriculture Verterinary Diagnostic Services. All of our goats test results came back as negative. The goats tested were:
DOES:
Ronco Farm Sweet Lacey — Negative on all tests Ronco Farm Ivy Leah — Negative on all tests Ronco Farm Windy Ebony — Negative on all tests Elk Run Creek Elvira — Negative on all tests Nubilop-Acres Rio Reyna — Negative on all tests
Simple-Truth Celerity — CAE negative (tested prior to coming to Ronco Farm in Dec. 2016) and G6S normal
BUCKS:
Linn Farm’s Ivy League Magi — CAE and Bangs negative Nubilop-Acres Rock In Time — CAE and Bangs negative
2012 Test Result
On July 9, 2012, I participated in the University of Nebraska’s School of Veterinary Medicine’s epidemiologic survey on the occurrence of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) virus in goats, supervised by Brad Jones, DVM Clinical veterinarian and Jim Keen, DVM, PhD Veterinary epidemiologist. My results are as follows:
DOES:
Fiddler’s Ridge Nights Lullaby (aka Lulu), 4 yr. old Nubian, Negative
Ronco Farm Merry Tinkerbelle (aka Merry), 3 yr. old Nubian, Negative
Ronco Farm Regal Latte, 1 yr old Nubian, Negative
Ronco Farm Regal Mocha, 1 yr old Nubian, Negative
Ronco Farm Moonlight Sonata, 1 yr old Nubian, Negative
BUCKS:
Magic Dreams Regal Heritage (aka Harry) 4 yr old Nubian. Negative
Hansen Haven Hot Sugar Daddy (aka Sugar) 5 yr old Nubian, Negative