Goat Talk with the Goat Doc
Cara Shepard
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About the Show
Dr Cara Sammons-Shepard, DVM is a practicing veterinarian in Maine and New Hampshire, and when on the road, the majority of her patients are goats. She and her husband have owned and operated a commercial farmstead creamery since 2009. In this podcast, Dr Shepard discusses different topics related to goat medicine and husbandry.
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104 episodes — long track record
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Recent Episodes
Johne's Part 2 - Testing
ELISA, PCR, cultures, histopath! So many ways to try to determine if an animal is infected with MAP and not one is enough by itself! [email protected] this show…
Johne's Part 1 - Basics
Part 1 of what looks like at least currently a three part series about Johne's disease AKA MAP (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis) in general and in goats. Covering basics about the…
Mini Episode - Podcast Check in & Housekeeping
A peripherally goat-related episode. This mini episode is just to update on what's going on with the podcast, how to get in touch, what I'm shooting for with the podcast going forward and what I've…
Fencing
Devin and I talk about our life in fencing. What has worked well for us, what hasn't, where some fencing applications are more successful than others. [email protected] this show…
Fly Control
Devin and I chat about the scourge of every farm - flies. What we have done over the years and what has worked for us. [email protected] this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.…
Tales from the Farm Vol 13
Tales from the Farm recounts the Flying Goat Farm February 2025 Canadian Pasteurizer Expedition. (There are a number of short skips in the audio in this episode due to equipment error and bad SD card…
Breeding Strategies
Devin and I are in transit and and have a chat about all the ways we have managed breeding logistics over the past fifteen odd years, pros and cons of different methods, what has worked for us and…
Tales from the Farm Vol 12
Maybe a cold open will be for Tales from the Farm. Hey, we're trying to be back! Devin and I chat about what we've been up to for some of the recent months out of the past 3 years...…
Tales From the Farm Vol 11
A long overdue update on what's been going on at Flying Goat Farm this spring/early summer. Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com,…
Registered Goats - Why?
Why should we care about whether our goats are registered? It's more than just being able to say that your animal is "purebred" or not. In this episode, I talk about my experience and opinion about…
Dystocia
Dystocia is our veterinary doctor word for difficult birth. (I guess maybe we call it something different for humans? I don't know, all species but one over here). In this episode I talk about…
Lookin' at Poop: Fecal Diagnostics
Seems like we talk about poop a lot sometimes doesn't it. While I'm sure I've touched on fecal analysis as part of a parasite management program in the past, I thought I would take some time and…
Enteric Protozoa Part 2: Other Guys
While coccidia is the big player in problem protozoa for ruminants, there are a couple other guys I see around that I sometimes care about as well, so Entamoeba and Giardia get a couple minutes of…
Enteric Protozoa Part 1 : Coccidia
It's been a while, but I'm back for at least a few episodes to talk about enteric protozoans - single celled critters that live in the guts, and may or may not be a problem. First things first-…
Breeding Season Thoughts 2021
Talking a little pause from calcium to talk about the fall breeding season. The leaves are turning in Maine and in a strange turn of events, I finished my 2021 breeding plan several weeks before…
Calcium - Overview & Regulation
This is the first of a couple of episodes talking about calcium. For this first episode, I go into the physiology (I think I kept it mostly under control) of where calcium hangs out in the body and…
Tales From the Road/Clinic - July 2021
A departure from your more goat oriented podcast. In this episode I am going to tell you all about what is going on in the veterinary field as of this moment in July 2021. If you have not already…
Tales From the Farm Vol 10
Devin and I recap what all has been going on over the winter and spring at the farm on a rainy truck ride up to my parents' house on the 4th of July. (Sorry about the windshield wiper noise!)Support…
Some Goat Health Topics That Could Use Some Clarification
Got some stuff to clear up for people! You may already know some of these things, but I've had a few things bouncing around in my head lately that I hear people say, or do or read people talking…
Buck Keeping
I got a couple of requests to talk about general buck keeping, so here we go! Also go check out Episode 39 for a more reproductive focused buck episode. This episode starts with a step back to talk…
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