CAE Negative!

[Sanhestar]

there are no scientific studies - if you want these, you will be disappointed. There are experiences of people who have kept positive goats in the herd and these goats haven't passed on the virus.

I've done that and also treated three goats that tested positive for CAE with the following results:

- doe, 7 or 8 years old when tested, with already showing fluid in the carpal joints: treatment first worsened her overall condition. After adjusting the antiviral treatment she got better again, no acute inflammation in the joints, alert and active. She died delivering triplets in the year after starting the treatment and getting her pregnant was clearly a mistake. She should have kept empty and be retired.

- wether, 3 years old, tested positive after buying him. Received antiviral treatment, titer dropped way down and he remained negative for two more years. Died of a mesenteric cancer.

- wether, 10 years old, tested positive when three years old and received antiviral treatment for three years. Titer surged and fell for the years of the treatment until to finally drop below the treshhold of "positive" and stay that way until he died.

All these goats lived with our other goats which were also tested yearly and NOT ONE other goat has ever tested positive or even suspicious. The ten year old wether and the old doe are also mother and son and he had a twin (died of cancer), who always tested negative.

I've had more goats die of cancer or from urinary calculi.