Guest guest Posted April 10, 2002 Report Share Posted April 10, 2002 In a message dated 4/10/02 12:21:31 PM Central Daylight Time, kepford@... writes: > Dennis, > I met a lady who milks a couple of goats and she said that she is extremely > careful to not allow one of her goats to leave the premises and come back > (to the fair or whatever) because of foreign bacteria. She has " barn > boots " that don't go anywhere but in the barn...so as not to track in > foreign bacteria into her goats. Does this sound overly cautious? > Sonja > > > Sonja, I know you asked Dennis but I'm a busybody so I'll put in my two cents. I think I mentioned before that there are some folks with dairy goats who sell the goats and make more money that way than any other. Some are overly cautious as well. This woman sounds like she might be overdoing it a bit. But then we are all worried (as livestock owners) about the diseases in the news lately. Belinda LaBelle Acres www.labelleacres.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2002 Report Share Posted April 10, 2002 >drank raw milk from age whatever (maybe 9 mos.) to age 18 years. Our entire household (my parents and siblings) started drinking raw milk about 55 years ago. More recently my household has been drinking raw milk for about 1 year. No problems I'd attribute to raw milk. I was Dennis, I met a lady who milks a couple of goats and she said that she is extremely careful to not allow one of her goats to leave the premises and come back (to the fair or whatever) because of foreign bacteria. She has " barn boots " that don't go anywhere but in the barn...so as not to track in foreign bacteria into her goats. Does this sound overly cautious? Sonja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2002 Report Share Posted April 11, 2002 > >drank raw milk from age whatever (maybe 9 mos.) to age 18 years. Our > entire household (my parents and siblings) started drinking raw milk > about 55 years ago. More recently my household has been drinking raw > milk for about 1 year. No problems I'd attribute to raw milk. I was > > Dennis, > I met a lady who milks a couple of goats and she said that she is extremely careful to not allow one of her goats to leave the premises and come back (to the fair or whatever) because of foreign bacteria. She has " barn boots " that don't go anywhere but in the barn...so as not to track in foreign bacteria into her goats. Does this sound overly cautious? > Sonja > > > Sonja, It's really a management decision when, where, what, how and why to sanitize. Inside the barn doesn't get sanitized by the sun. There's been a few times I'd like to have had shoes and even clothing sanitized at our place. And I don't even have a barn. And now with USDA and others coming around we might as well sanitize their boots. They'll probably bring rubber slip-ons though. Who knows where they've been. So I think I'll invest in a bottle of wescodyne sanitizing sol'n and set aside a rinse pan or two. Nowadays IMO, it's not overly cautious. I have boots I only use in my wheat bin for reasons of sanitation. I keep raw wastes away from produce that is eaten fresh also. Manure is best,best, best composted. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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