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11-10-2014, 01:43 AM
Dont fool yourself San. Just because something works/worked for you doesnt mean its safe or applies to anyone else. Truthfully your suggestions are miss leading and dangerous. All major knowledge of CAE was made by/through the testing done at WSU here in my state. They went so far as to maintain their own dairy goat herds to further not only CAE research but that of many diseases that infect goats. WSU (WASSL) to this day still maintains constant research into CAE. So your statement there is no research is 100% incorrect.
CAE is a retrovirus and follows the most of the same paths of infection as the AIDS virus. You wouldnt put a boxer or MMA fighter who was infected with AIDS into the ring with a person who isnt infected. In fact its ILLEGAL! Is it a guarantee the virus will be passed on? No. But the very real risk of it is there, and a simple open wound say due to the butting of heads is all thats needed for transmission. Anyone who raises goats can testify that a kid will snitch off other dams without a second thought. As I raised thousands of goats over the nearly 20 years I have raises goats, I can testify to this on countless of occasions.
As Nanno said, there is 2 and only 2 ways to make sure your negative animals dont become infected by your positive animals. And that is death or separate (following a prevention program). Can you get by without doing this and not have any transmissions? Sure. Anything is possible. But is it safe and responsible? No. Can you sell your negative animals as CAE free and negative goats if they live with positive goats? No. Not if you have any morals. Its nearly impossible to find a home for a positive animal which often times leads to the second choice. Death.
As for what CAE can and will do to an animal is vastly different. I have seen it start to destroy an animal in as few as 3 to 4 years. And on the other hand I have seen CAE positive goats live 14 and 15 years without ever showing clinical signs. In all cases they are still infectious regardless of teeter levels. There is no cure and once an animal starts to show clinical signs, that animal will in short time start to show signs of pain.
CAE is a retrovirus and follows the most of the same paths of infection as the AIDS virus. You wouldnt put a boxer or MMA fighter who was infected with AIDS into the ring with a person who isnt infected. In fact its ILLEGAL! Is it a guarantee the virus will be passed on? No. But the very real risk of it is there, and a simple open wound say due to the butting of heads is all thats needed for transmission. Anyone who raises goats can testify that a kid will snitch off other dams without a second thought. As I raised thousands of goats over the nearly 20 years I have raises goats, I can testify to this on countless of occasions.
As Nanno said, there is 2 and only 2 ways to make sure your negative animals dont become infected by your positive animals. And that is death or separate (following a prevention program). Can you get by without doing this and not have any transmissions? Sure. Anything is possible. But is it safe and responsible? No. Can you sell your negative animals as CAE free and negative goats if they live with positive goats? No. Not if you have any morals. Its nearly impossible to find a home for a positive animal which often times leads to the second choice. Death.
As for what CAE can and will do to an animal is vastly different. I have seen it start to destroy an animal in as few as 3 to 4 years. And on the other hand I have seen CAE positive goats live 14 and 15 years without ever showing clinical signs. In all cases they are still infectious regardless of teeter levels. There is no cure and once an animal starts to show clinical signs, that animal will in short time start to show signs of pain.