Stay ConnectedDr 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Copyright: © Cara Shepard
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!
goatdoccara@gmaill.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 organism, what it does and what that looks like (or doesn't look like) in goats.
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 been up to for the past couple of years.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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.
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Devin and I chat about the scourge of every farm - flies. What we have done over the years and what has worked for us.
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 formatting or something- apologies for missing a couple of details, but the epic journey is pretty well documented and we think you'll get the gist.)
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 what we're up to this breeding season (2025).
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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...
goatdoccara@gmail.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc. Want another place to talk about goats online? Come say hi on the Discord server: http://discord.gg/am66zGny2b
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 why you should register your goats. I'm obviously biased, but it may not be why you think someone would be biased towards registering animals.
Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc. Want another place to talk about goats online? Come say hi on the Discord server: http://discord.gg/am66zGny2b
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
