12/24/09, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Montana
Posts: 2,133
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Sometimes strange things happen. Several years back, my friend bought a doeling from the spotlight sale. She was supposed to have had a negative test prior to the sale and the breeders claim to have a negative herd. I purchased her dam raised daughter. When she freshened for me, her udder was hard. I tested her at PAVL and the results were negaitve, so I purchased her younger sister and brother. The sister freshened hard on one side, so I tested both does with BioTracking. Both came back positive. The buck was tested with WADDL and was also positive. I know they got it from their dam's colostrum, as I've seen her limping and she also freshens with a hard udder. My friend runs a positive herd separate from the rest, but the spotlight sale doe had never lived in that pen until my test results. She was weaned prior to purchase, so never received any milk there either. It's a mystery where she got CAE from, but since most CAE is from colostrum, it must be something she ingested as an infant. I chose to sell the two younger animals for meat and my friend is boarding the positive doe in her special pen.The goal is to glean CAE free bottle babies from both her and her dam.
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