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Baa"s and Bleat"s - The AASRP Podcast

The American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP)

This podcast is sponsored by the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners. In Season 1, host Dr. Michelle Buckley from Iowa State University will explore dairy goat production by providing insights on improving milk quality and antimicrobial stewardship. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of dairy goat production with guest speakers ranging from veterinarians to farm managers. Questions can be directed to DairyGoatExtension@iastate.edu.Season 1 is also supported by the USDA

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30:48

New World Screwworm with USDA's Dr. Rosemary Sifford

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2025/10/01

Send us a text This month we sat down with Dr. Rosemary Sifford - Deputy Administrator and Chief Veterinary Officer for USDA-APHIS to discuss a zoonotic health threat that is creeping closer to the United States: New World Screwworm. Dr. Sifford explains what New World Screwworm is, why it is a threat to US livestock, and what veterinarians should do if they suspect they are dealing with an infected animal. Veterinarians play a key role in surveillance for diseases such as NWS and early repor...

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Producer Spotlight: Heritage Sheep Breeds & On-Farm...

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2025/09/10

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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Dairy Goat Sustainability with Jenn Bentley

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2025/08/04

Send us a text Join us for a discussion about a collaborative research project currently in the works headed up by Iowa State University. Jennifer Bentley, a dairy field specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, discusses the aims of the current project including assessing prevalence and treatment options for common diseases affecting dairy goats, developing financial assessments and benchmarks for goat dairies, and improving kid survival rates. The Iowa State University E...

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Producer Spotlight: Alpaca Farming with Christian...

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2025/07/01

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...

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Range Sheep and Guardian Dogs with Dr. Jake Thorne

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2025/06/03

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...

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Producer Spotlight: Linda Detwiler & her Suffolk sheep

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2025/05/05

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...

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C-section Survival with Dr. George Elane

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2025/04/10

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...

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Euthanasia and aftercare options for livestock with...

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2025/03/01

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...

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32:41

Blood Glucose Monitoring With Dr. Munashe Chigerwe

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2025/02/01

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...

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50:50

Trimming Hooves with Dr. Gosia Zobel

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2025/01/02

Send us a textJoin 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/2076-2615/9/11/973Seeing...

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Domestic Deer Death and Disease with Dr. Amanda Smith

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2024/12/01

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...

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Dairy Goat Drugs with Dr. Michelle Buckley

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2024/11/01

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...

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OPP with Dr. Rosie B

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2024/10/01

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 past...

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42:28

Neonatal Knowledge with Dr. Michelle Kutzler

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2024/09/03

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 ...

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Bonus Episode: AASRP Annual Conference Preview and...

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2024/08/21

Send us a Text Message.Get 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 boot...

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Catching up on CWD with Dr. Catheryn Haigh

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2024/08/01

Send us a Text Message.Join 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...

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Blood Transfusion Basics with Ryan Breuer

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2024/06/30

Send us a Text Message.Join 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/Que...

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Disbudding Pain Management with Dr. Whitney Knauer

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2024/06/04

Send us a Text Message.Join 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 ...

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Carpal hyperextension in Nigerian Dwarf goats with...

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2024/05/02

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Flunixin Pharmacology with Dr. Joe Smith

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2024/04/01

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