Starting Off On the Right Hoof

On this episode we sit down with Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Andrea Mongini of M&M Veterinary Practice and Ewetopia Dairy in Denair, CA to discuss colostrum management. This is part 1 of a 2 part series on youngstock feeding. Listeners are encouraged to email DairyGoatExtension@iastate.edu with feedback and questions to be addressed to our content experts.

Topics of conversation include options for feeding newborn kids, evaluating colostrum replacers and natural colostrum, heat treatment of goat colostrum, storage recommendations, comparison of bovine quality parameters with caprine.

Helpful Links:
Using a Brix refractometer for colostrum evaluation:
https://extension.psu.edu/colostrum-management-tools-hydrometers-and-refractometers

Assessment of Goat Colostrum Quality and Passive Transfer:
https://extension.psu.edu/colostrum-management-tools-hydrometers-and-refractometers

Heat Treatment of Goat Colostrum:
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/dairyteam/files/page/files/DairyGoatColostrumManagementFactsheet.pdf

Colostrum Management for Commercial Goat Production:
https://ontariogoat.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Colostrum-Management-Book-LR.pdf

Tube Feeding Goat Kids:
https://extension.wsu.edu/wam/tube-feeding-neonatal-small-ruminants-an-essential-skill-for-sheep-and-goat-farmers/

Basic Small Ruminant Nutrition:
https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/bovine/index.php/AABP/article/view/3553

This podcast is sponsored by the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners as well as USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Antimicrobial Resistance grant # 2020-04197.

Questions or comments about today's episode can be directed to DairyGoatExtension@iastate.edu