[Jacob-list] Raw goats milk vs. lamb formula?

[Melanie Boxall]

This is tangenital but just in case anyone ever finds themselves in the 
situation....a few years back we were given a young deer to tend while a 
place was found for her at a sanctuary. We gave her goat's milk and she grew 
into a very strong healthy doe (now living at a conservation centre near 
Midland, Ontario).

Melanie
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARTHUR PARTRIDGE" <aztreaz at earthlink.net>
To: "jacob-list" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Raw goats milk vs. lamb formula?



> --Lynne wrote:

>>Yep, goats can pass CAEv on to sheep in the form of OPPv.

> ============

> I have used goat's milk two times for my bottle lambs.  I have a source

> close by where I can buy it.  One time the goat had mastitis on one side 

> of

> an udder.  I was concerned about my lamb acquiring it now and then having

> mastitis problems later in life, but I had a wether lamb so I thought it

> would be safe.  If I had a ewe lamb, I would've said "no thanks, probably

> shouldn't do this" and I would've found another source.  Maybe there is

> nothing to worry about with this; but I wouldn't take the chance.

>

> The vets at the WSU Veterinarian Teaching Hospital told me that my lamb 

> can

> use the pasteurized goat's milk sold at the health food stores, but it is

> very expensive.  I bought some last year for $3.50 a quart!

>

> Cathy

> Moscow, Idaho

>

>

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