Goat Talk with the Goat Doc – Details, episodes & analysis

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Goat Talk with the Goat Doc

Cara Shepard

Science

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 104

Dr Cara Sammons-Shepard, DVM is a practicing veterinarian in Maine and New Hampshire, and when on the road, the majority of her patients are goats. She and her husband have owned and operated a commercial farmstead creamery since 2009. In this podcast, Dr Shepard discusses different topics related to goat medicine and husbandry.

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🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
07/09/2026
#93
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
06/09/2026
#85
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
05/09/2026
#70
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
04/09/2026
#62
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
03/09/2026
#50
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
02/09/2026
#30
🇺🇸 USA - Life Sciences
02/09/2026
#89
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
30/07/2026
#93
🇺🇸 USA - Life Sciences
30/07/2026
#93
🇨🇦 Canada - Life Sciences
29/07/2026
#73

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https://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc
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http://discord.gg/am66zGny2b
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http://www.goatdoc.com
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Tales From the Farm Vol 11

Episode 81

Friday, July 15, 2022 • Duration 38:24

A long overdue update on what's been going on at Flying Goat Farm this spring/early summer.

Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc. Want another place to talk about goats online? Come say hi on the Discord server: http://discord.gg/am66zGny2b

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Registered Goats - Why?

Episode 80

Friday, June 3, 2022 • Duration 42:18

Why should we care about whether our goats are registered? It's more than just being able to say that your animal is "purebred" or not. In this episode, I talk about my experience and opinion about why you should register your goats. I'm obviously biased, but it may not be why you think someone would be biased towards registering animals.

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Dystocia

Episode 79

Friday, May 27, 2022 • Duration 25:24

Dystocia is our veterinary doctor word for difficult birth. (I guess maybe we call it something different for humans? I don't know, all species but one over here). In this episode I talk about different causes for dystocia, my experiences with what is more common in goats, and some dystocia do's and don'ts.

Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc

Want another place to talk about goats on the internet? Come over to the Goat Talk Discord server! http://discord.gg/am66zGny2b

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Lookin' at Poop: Fecal Diagnostics

Episode 78

Saturday, April 30, 2022 • Duration 38:10

Seems like we talk about poop a lot sometimes doesn't it. While I'm sure I've touched on fecal analysis as part of a parasite management program in the past, I thought I would take some time and talk about the different types of fecal analyses we have available to help assess and monitor parasite levels in our goats and other animals. This episode covers the difference between qualitative and quantitative fecal analysis, Baermann fecals and touches on the usefulness (or not) of FAMACHA as a tool to help monitor parasite levels in your goats and small ruminants.

Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.

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Enteric Protozoa Part 2: Other Guys

Episode 77

Saturday, April 23, 2022 • Duration 25:54

While coccidia is the big player in problem protozoa for ruminants, there are a couple other guys I see around that I sometimes care about as well, so Entamoeba and Giardia get a couple minutes of attention in this episode and I also spend some time discussing considerations for treating enteric protozoa in general- why, why, how, and what to consider when you are doing it.

Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.

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Enteric Protozoa Part 1 : Coccidia

Episode 76

Saturday, April 16, 2022 • Duration 51:51

It's been a while, but I'm back for at least a few episodes to talk about enteric protozoans - single celled critters that live in the guts, and may or may not be a problem. First things first- Coccidia. I managed to get a little long winded here talking about these guys and options for treating them when you may have a problem.

Questions, comments, just wanna say hi and send me cute goat pics online? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, Insta: @goat_doc

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc.

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Breeding Season Thoughts 2021

Episode 75

Friday, October 1, 2021 • Duration 30:24

Talking a little pause from calcium to talk about the fall breeding season. The leaves are turning in Maine and in a strange turn of events, I finished my 2021 breeding plan several weeks before it's actually needed!!! #signsoftheapocalypse. This episode is just my thoughts about how I approached a breeding plan for about 45 does for the 2022 milking season- things I think about, what options I use for bucks and why, how we are planning our timing for breeding and kidding for the next round.

Questions, comments, thoughts about how you approach your breeding plan? Shoot me an email at goatdoccara@gmail.com, find the website at www.goatdoc.com, follow on instagram @goat_doc

Loving the podcast? You can support the podcast through the acast supporter feature here: https://supporter.acast.com/goatdoc

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Calcium - Overview & Regulation

Episode 74

Friday, August 20, 2021 • Duration 31:05

This is the first of a couple of episodes talking about calcium. For this first episode, I go into the physiology (I think I kept it mostly under control) of where calcium hangs out in the body and the systems that regulate how much calcium is available for important life functions. The goal of this episode is to have an idea of how this all works when things are normal, so that when things are not normal, we have something to compare to.

Questions/comments/etc? www.goatdoc.com, goatdoccara@gmail.com, @goat_doc on Instagram

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Tales From the Road/Clinic - July 2021

Episode 73

Friday, July 23, 2021 • Duration 49:20

A departure from your more goat oriented podcast. In this episode I am going to tell you all about what is going on in the veterinary field as of this moment in July 2021. If you have not already been made aware, the veterinary profession all over the world is experiencing unprecedented and overwhelming demand for services and we are all just trying to keep our heads above water while we try to help as many patients as we possibly can. The field is experiencing higher than normal rates of burnout, individuals leaving the field for a variety of reasons, and it is frustrating for everyone involved. I take some time to tell you all what this experience is like from this side of the fence.

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Tales From the Farm Vol 10

Episode 72

Friday, July 16, 2021 • Duration 35:51

Devin and I recap what all has been going on over the winter and spring at the farm on a rainy truck ride up to my parents' house on the 4th of July. (Sorry about the windshield wiper noise!)

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