WADDL test results

Backfourty,MI. · #1 03/25/13, 05:22 PM

I just got my test results back from WADDL today.
All of our goats tested negative for CAE & Johnes. Such a relief to read those negative results even though I was pretty sure but you just never know & after what Minelson went through I have to admit I was pretty nervous.

LoneStrChic23 · #2 03/25/13, 06:40 PM

What a relief, congrats!!

**mygoat** · #3 03/25/13, 06:42 PM

Great news! Congrats.

Minelson · #4 03/25/13, 06:59 PM

That is great Katie!!! YAY!!!

Goat Servant · #5 03/26/13, 12:08 AM

Yeehaw!!

bknthesdle · #6 03/26/13, 08:27 AM

Congrats!

dozedotz · #7 03/26/13, 08:38 AM

First, congratulations!! We also use WADDL and were very relieved to see the good results on testing this year. I do not think that it is so strange to feel relieved to get the good news...all of us know someone or someones who have suddenly been thrown a real loop with bad test results. Just out of the blue their world is turned upside down. People who have tested for years and had excellent reports, people who have closed herds and practice safe procedures for their herds are caught off guard by the bad news. It happens regularly enough to make anyone who owns goats nervous. As I understand it the CAE virus an remain dormant for a very long time and then pop up in a line that has been CAE free for years! That's enough to make anyone nervous. Honestly, when a customer last year asked me could I guarantee that my goats absolutely have no disease I thought for a minute and then said, "No." I explained that we test and that we are closed and that we purchased our original stock from tested herds...but an absolute guarantee...NO!

Backfourty,MI. · #8 03/26/13, 10:15 AM

I decided to go with WADDL because Mygoat suggested it. She was very helpful.
My vet usually uses some of the other labs but when I told her "No I was going to use WADDL" she looked them up online & said she might start using them too.
Besides being a vet(she only does goats & Cows) her & her husband have a very large dairy(Cow) farm so she sends in a lot of tests throughout the year.