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Baa's and Bleat's - The AASRP Podcast

The American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP)

41 episodes

2 days ago

Send us a text This month we sit down with Richard Marlar, a physician and president of the Navajo-Churro Sheep Association to talk about heritage livestock breeds - specifically the Navajo-Churro - which have been integral to the settlement and development of the US. Richard also discusses Split Upper Eyelid Disorder (SUED), a developmental disorder that affects four-horned sheep such as the Navajo-Churro. Dr. Marlar explains how he and his wife worked with their veterinarian as well as huma...

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Send us a text This month we sit down with Richard Marlar, a physician and president of the Navajo-Churro Sheep Association to talk about heritage livestock breeds - specifically the Navajo-Churro - which have been integral to the settlement and development of the US. Richard also discusses Split Upper Eyelid Disorder (SUED), a developmental disorder that affects four-horned sheep such as the Navajo-Churro. Dr. Marlar explains how he and his wife worked with their veterinarian as well as huma...

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Episodes (20/41)

Baa's and Bleat's - The AASRP Podcast

Producer Spotlight: Alpaca Farming with Christian Davies & Dr. Rachel Friedrich

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 veterinar...

2 weeks ago

46 minutes

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Range Sheep and Guardian Dogs with Dr. Jake Thorne

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...

1 month ago

39 minutes

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Producer Spotlight: Linda Detwiler & her Suffolk sheep

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 perf...

2 months ago

41 minutes

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C-section Survival with Dr. George Elane

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 top...

3 months ago

28 minutes

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Euthanasia and aftercare options for livestock with Dr. Warren Hess

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 highlight...

4 months ago

33 minutes

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Blood Glucose Monitoring With Dr. Munashe Chigerwe

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 c...

5 months ago

32 minutes

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Trimming Hooves with Dr. Gosia Zobel

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 ...

6 months ago

50 minutes

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Domestic Deer Death and Disease with Dr. Amanda Smith

Send us a textJoin 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 "Ca...

7 months ago

45 minutes

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Dairy Goat Drugs with Dr. Michelle Buckley

Send us a textJoin 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 curr...

8 months ago

51 minutes

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OPP with Dr. Rosie B

Send us a textJoin 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-r...

9 months ago

45 minutes

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Neonatal Knowledge with Dr. Michelle Kutzler

Send us a textJoin 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 ...

10 months ago

42 minutes

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Bonus Episode: AASRP Annual Conference Preview and other CE offerings - Dr. Michael Pesato

Send us a textGet 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...

10 months ago

19 minutes

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Catching up on CWD with Dr. Catheryn Haigh

Send us a textJoin 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.govI said I would put a note about testing on deer farms. From what I can find...

11 months ago

31 minutes

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Blood Transfusion Basics with Ryan Breuer

Send us a textJoin 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 ca...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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Disbudding Pain Management with Dr. Whitney Knauer

Send us a textJoin 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 MinnesotaIn 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 Cauter...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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Carpal hyperextension in Nigerian Dwarf goats with Dr.'s Erica McKenzie & Leah Streb

Send us a textJoin 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 ...

1 year ago

36 minutes

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Flunixin Pharmacology with Dr. Joe Smith

Send us a textJoin 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/Plea...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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Challenging Kidding Cases with Dr. Daniela Luethy

Send us a textJoin 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 ho...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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Contemplating Colostrum with Robert Van Saun

Send us a textJoin 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-ta...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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Bladder Stones With Meredyth Jones

Send us a textJoin 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...

1 year ago

35 minutes