Send us a text This month we sit down with Christian Davies (of C&M Acres Alpacas and Fiber Mill) and his veterinarian, Dr. Rachel Friedrich from Iowa State University's Veterinary Field Service. Christina and his wife, Michele, raise alpacas and operate a fiber mill in Maxwell, IA. Dr. Friedrich not only provides veterinary care for C&M Acres but also collaborates with Christian and Michele to curate camelid-specific clinical training opportunities for third and fourth year veterinary s...
Jul 01, 2025•47 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about genetic evaluations, parasite management, and livestock guardian dogs with Dr. Jake Thorne, Assistant Professor and Extension Sheep and Goat Specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station in San Angelo, TX. In this episode, Dr. Thorne discusses methods for genetic evaluation of sheep with a special focus on resistance to Barber Pole Worm. He also discusses his vision for how extension agents and veterinarians can work together to better se...
Jun 03, 2025•40 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Send us a text This month we are testing out a new type of episode where we will sit down with a veterinarian and one of their exceptional producers to dig into how their relationship benefits the livestock they care for. Our first guests are Dr. Linda Detwiler and her veterinarian, Dr. Jon Higgins from New Jersey. Linda raises Suffolk sheep for breeding stock and is also a veterinarian working on the USDA APHIS scrapie program. She targets her breeding program to produce sheep that will perform...
May 05, 2025•41 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about doe and kid survival metrics based on different sedation and anesthesia protocols with Dr. George Elane, Assistant Professor of Equine Soft Tissue Surgery at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine. In this episode, Dr. Elane discusses the decision-making process for choosing between sedation and general anesthesia for goat c-sections. He also covers the risks and benefits to does and kids when considering both options. Other topics...
Apr 10, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about options for euthanasia techniques and aftercare in small ruminants and other livestock species with Dr. Warren Hess, the assistant director of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)'s Division of Animal and Public Health and AVMA's Disaster Coordinator. In this episode, Dr. Hess discusses the results of a survey investigating veterinary knowledge surrounding safe carcass disposal after pentobarbital euthanasia. Dr. Hess highlights the con...
Mar 01, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about continuous blood glucose monitoring and its use in evaluating pregnancy toxemia with Dr. Munashe Chigerwe. Dr. Chigerwe is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California at Davis's College of Veterinary Medicine. In this episode, Dr. Chigerwe discusses the efficacy of using continuous blood glucose monitoring for detecting changes associated with pregnancy toxemia in goats. The paper covered in this months episode can be fou...
Feb 01, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about goat hoof care with Dr. Gosia Zobel, Animal Welfare Programmes Coordinator at Companion Animals New Zealand and Research Director at EthicoNZ. In this episode Dr. Zobel discusses normal goat hoof confirmation, care, and problems with a focus on laminitis. The papers covered in this months episode can be found at the following links: The Development of a Hoof Conformation Assessment for Use in Dairy Goats - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/11/973 Seei...
Jan 02, 2025•51 min
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about the most common causes of death in farmed deer in the Midwest with Dr. Amanda Smith, an assistant clinical professor and diagnostic pathologist at the University of Missouri's Veterinary diagnostic lab https://vmdl.missouri.edu/ In this episode Dr. Smith gives an overview of the farmed deer industry in the US with an emphasis on the midwest and discussed her study of causes of mortality in farmed deer from 2004-2023. This month's paper is titled "Cau...
Dec 01, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about subclinical mastitis in dairy goats caused by non-aureus Staph species (NAS) with Dr. Michelle Buckley. This research was completed during her time as a post-doctoral associate at Iowa State University with support from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain, Grant/Award Number: 2021-69015-33501. Dr. Buckley is curren...
Nov 01, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about the effects of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (small ruminant lentivirus) on flock management and lamb raising with Dr. Roselle (Rosie) Busch from the University of California's Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR). Dr. Busch is the California Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist and her website can be found here: https://ucanr.edu/sites/sheepngoat/ In this episode we discuss identification of mastitis in pasture-ra...
Oct 01, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about practical assessments and interventions for newborn small ruminants with Dr. Michelle Kutzler of Oregon State University. In this episode we review Apgar scoring as an assessment tool for newborn lambs and their need for intervention after birth as well as a technique for assisting lambs that struggle with the transition of birth called the Madigan Squeeze. This technique was popularized in horses but has also been used in cattle. Developing a modifi...
Sep 03, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us a text Get a sneak peek of the AASRP annual conference as well as other conferences where our organization provides continuing education opportunities for veterinarian! President-elect Mike Pesato sits down with us to discuss all of the exciting programming coming up for AASRP members. If you are a veterinarian and curious about getting access to these resources and many more, please reach out via email at office@aasrp.org for more information or stop by and say hi at our booths if you a...
Aug 21, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about the latest research in Chronic Wasting Disease in cervids. In this episode we talk with Dr. Catheryn Haigh with the from the Chief Prion Cell Biology Unit at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health. We do a little looking at CWD's history, the current research and where it is going. Questions can be sent to Dr. Haigh at cathryn.haigh@nih.gov I said I would put a note about testing on deer farms. From what I can find as the only...
Aug 01, 2024•32 min
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about a study that looks at using bovine blood as an alternative to caprine blood when goats need a blood transfusion. In this episode we discuss a 2021 paper looking at xenotransfusion between bovines and caprines. This paper is titled Preliminary Investigation of Bovine Whole Blood Xenotransfusion as a Therapeutic Modality fo the Treatment of Anemia in Goats and can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7969644/ Questions can be sent t...
Jun 30, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about a study that looks at ways to mitigate the pain of disbudding kids with Dr. Whitney Knauer of the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine at the University of Minnesota In this episode we discuss a 2022 paper looking at the different effects of 3 types of prevention and treatment for the process of disbudding goat kids. This paper is titled Effects of Multimodal Pain Management Strategies on Acute Physiological and Behavioral Response to Cautery...
Jun 04, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text Join us for a discussion about an exciting attempt to determine the cause of a mysterious limb deformity plaguing the Nigerian Dwarf community with Dr. Erica McKenzie of Oregon State University and Dr. Leah Streb of the University of Califorina at Davis. In this episode we discuss an unpublished study investigating the potential causes of carpal hyperextension in Nigerian Dwarf goats. Data for this project is still being evaluated. This study was proposed and privately funded by a...
May 02, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text Join us for this discussion about the pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous administration of flunixin meglumine in goats with Dr. Joe Smith from the University of Tennessee. The primary paper discussed is titled: “Pharmacokinetic Parameters and Estimated Milk Withdrawal Intervals for Domestic Goats ( Capra Aegagrus Hircus ) After Administration of Single and Multiple Intravenous and Subcutaneous Doses of Flunixin Meglumine" Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248982/ P...
Apr 01, 2024•40 min
Send us a text Join us for this discussion about pain control options in goats with Dr. Daniela Luethy from the University of Pennsylvania as we discuss kidding complications in goats that are seen at veterinary teaching hospitals. The primary paper discussed is titled: “A Multi-Center Study of Uterine Tears and Other Reproductive Complications in Periparturient Goats Presented to Veterinary Teaching Hospitals” Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10658512/ Collaborating teaching h...
Mar 01, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text Join us for this discussion about colostrum evaluations and benchmarking Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University. This episode covers IgG concentration, evaluating passive transfer, heat treatment of colostrum, and remaining knowledge gaps in the world of small ruminant colostrum. Today's episode references several papers including: Dr. VanSaun's Proceedings from the AABP 55th Annual Conference regarding colostrum in lambs and kids (2022): https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl...
Feb 01, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text Join us for this discussion about urinary calculi (aka bladder stones) with the one and only Dr. Meredyth Jones-Cook of Oklahoma State University. This episode covers stone types, predisposing factors, management strategies, and current knowledge gaps in the field of small ruminant urolithiasis. The title of today's paper is Mineral Composition of Uroliths Obtained from Sheep and Goats with Obstructive Urolithiasis, published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Volume ...
Jan 08, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text We're back with another season of Baas and Bleats, the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioner's podcast! This year, Dr. Sarah Lowrey will be breaking down current research projects that pertain to the care and wellbeing of small ruminants, camelids, and cervids. She will be speaking with the experts to help practitioners, producers, and anybody interested in owning or working with these species to understand the advances that are being made in understanding these fasc...
Jan 01, 2024•2 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text In this episode, we hear from Dr. Kelly Still-Brooks and Allysen Lower, the president of Colorado State University's AASRP student chapter. Students and faculty alike will be impressed by the initiative that Allysen has taken to bring her colleagues valuable hands-on experiences to prepare them for clinical practice. Tune in to hear what Dr. Still-Brooks and Allysen have to say about the importance of mastering the basics, including small ruminant and camelid husbandry and behavio...
May 11, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text In this episode, we welcome back to the podcast Dr. Mike Pesato. This time, Dr. Pesato shares his experience as the AASRP faculty liaison for the students at Mississippi State University. You'll also gain his and Lesley's insights into the Emerging Leader program--an excellent opportunity for young small ruminant and camelid practitioners to become involved in the organization. We hope this episode motivates other students who are passionate about small ruminants to take an active...
Apr 03, 2023•22 min
Send us a text We hope you enjoy this conversation between Lesley Moser and previous AASRP Emerging Leader, Mike Pesato. Dr. Pesato is the current chair of the College Liaison Committee for AASRP and an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. As you will appreciate, he is a passionate small ruminant practitioner and educator of veterinary students. In this episode, Dr. Pesato tells us...
Feb 27, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Welcome to Season 2 of Baas and Bleats! In this season, Dr. Lesley Moser and Dr. Ann DiPastina, the 2022 AASRP Emerging Leaders, interview faculty liaisons and student representatives from veterinary colleges across North America to find out what they’re doing to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for small ruminant and camelid practice. What is the AASRP Emerging Leader Program? The Emerging Leaders Program gives young veterinarians with a passion for small ruminants an...
Feb 05, 2023•3 min0
Send us a text In this episode, we'll learn how Dr. Mary Smith lets Cornell's veterinary students take the lead in their small ruminant and camelid education. If you have questions or comments about this episode or are interested in sharing what your program is doing to train young veterinarians in small ruminant and camelid practice, we want to hear from you! You can contact us by email at: Ann DiPastina, DVM ann.dipastina@gmail.com Lesley Moser, DVM trmvetc@gmail.com...
Feb 05, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text For the final episode of Season 1 Dr. Michelle Buckley sits down with Ryan Andrus of Bridgeman Hill Dairy in Vermont to discuss what makes a successful symbiotic relationship between dairy goat producers and veterinarians. Topics discussed include setting attainable goals, expectations of producers and veterinarians, how to talk about expenses, building and managing a successful animal health team, finding the right veterinarian for your farm, and much more. Helpful Links: SMART G...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text This extra special bonus episode from our chat with Dr. Cathy Bauman (Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada) walks listeners through three real-life case investigations. Dr. Bauman describes how she and her team conducted the various outbreak investigations and puts into practice the information she shared with us in the previous two episodes. Helpful Links: Luminometer FAQ https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/food-safety/at-the-food-processor/luminometers.html Small Ru...
Dec 06, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text This week we continue our conversation with Dr. Cathy Bauman of Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada about conducting a milk quality investigation on a goat dairy by walking through the process for tracking down a high bulk tank bacterial count. Helpful Links: Luminometer FAQ https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/food-safety/at-the-food-processor/luminometers.html Small Ruminant Veterinarians of Ontario https://srvo.ca/ Dr. Cathy Bauman - Ontario Veterinary College ht...
Nov 22, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text This week we sit down with one of our neighbors to the north, Dr. Cathy Bauman of Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Bauman's research focuses on helping producers identify, investigate, and mitigate milk quality issues as efficiently as possible. On this episode, we lay the groundwork for conducting a milk quality investigation on a goat dairy by introducing concepts for identifying a milk quality problem; measurable paramaters for evaluating milk quality ...
Nov 08, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
