CAE testing question

jadedhkr · #1 03/27/09, 03:00 PM

When you test your herd, do you test kids? I'm getting ready to test my herd and I'm trying to decide if it's necessary to test kids, or is a neg. test for mom good?

hoofinitnorth · #2 03/27/09, 03:46 PM

I personally test anything close to 12 months of age. 11 months would be tested, 10 probably too. Mostly I am excluding little bitties.

jadedhkr · #3 03/27/09, 04:04 PM

thank you, that sounds reasonable

hoofinitnorth · #4 03/28/09, 02:20 PM

Also, some folks test every 6 months, others test every year. I test for CAE, CL, and Johne's. If I were not in a TB-free state, I would also probably add brucellosis testing.

jadedhkr · #5 03/28/09, 03:35 PM

I was planning to test annually. Thanks for the info

jBlaze · #6 03/30/09, 12:08 PM

It is possible to get false positives on kids. Those that were fed properly pasturized positive milk will test positive while possible remaining negative. The test is for the anti-bodies, and they are not changed by pasturizing, so they can show up in the test. The WSU cae info page talks about this.