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02-21-2015, 07:16 PM
CL tests in general are kinda iffy. The best way is to test the puss, but of course by then you most likely know anyways. I am unsure how long it takes CL titers to build up to a point they can be tested for but I am guessing it can very from goat to goat. Ive know of positive goats that never popped an abscess, others that only popped one. For those other then the scar on a common CL location, you would never know. Do the retest in a month. Testing at WADDL again is offered for free and is ok to do so. WADDL is the best IMO.
Now for the most part a freshly infected goat is safe in terms of not having internal abscesses. So until you retest I wouldnt worry to much. BUT if she has babies she can not feed those babies until you know for sure. CL can pass through the milk. Usually takes abscess in the udder to make this happen, but with CL its always best to be safe then sorry. CL can be transferred as easily as using an outside buck that has breed a CL doe and then breeds yours. Its not the act of breeding you have to worry about but what the buck comes in contact with. Exampl, a positive doe pops an abscess or is in a pen with a goat that does. The puss gets onto the doe. The doe is bred to a buck. The buck now has it on him. He breeds your doe. Now your doe has it on her. CL is easily spread through direct contact from goat to goat to goat.
Now for the most part a freshly infected goat is safe in terms of not having internal abscesses. So until you retest I wouldnt worry to much. BUT if she has babies she can not feed those babies until you know for sure. CL can pass through the milk. Usually takes abscess in the udder to make this happen, but with CL its always best to be safe then sorry. CL can be transferred as easily as using an outside buck that has breed a CL doe and then breeds yours. Its not the act of breeding you have to worry about but what the buck comes in contact with. Exampl, a positive doe pops an abscess or is in a pen with a goat that does. The puss gets onto the doe. The doe is bred to a buck. The buck now has it on him. He breeds your doe. Now your doe has it on her. CL is easily spread through direct contact from goat to goat to goat.