I am new to this site and I need help. Yesterday, I lost a two year old bred Nigerian doe to Listeria. I have raised goats for over twenty years and never had this happen. What do I need to do besides clean and disinfect? I have four more pregnant does that I am concern about and I do not want to lose them,too. I raise goats for our dairy needs and this scares me. Thanks for any advice you can give.
Welcome to TGS! I am so sorry for your loss. I will call on some more experienced members to give advice. @happybleats @SalteyLove @ksalvagno
Can you share some of the symptoms you experienced? Listeriosis has two different forms and contagion levels.
When I lost one with listeriosis last year I cleaned out the barn and washed it down with bleach and then limed and replaced with new straw I also bleached all the water buckets just Incase. It's a horrible way for one to go out So sad
Hi welcome to the group. So sorry for your recent loss. It wouldn't hurt to check the feed supply and all the hay for signs of dampness and/or mold. If you find or smell any mold it would be best to throw out all of whatever food source it's located at. Clean and disinfect whatever container/storage area where the mold was found.
Im so sorry for your loss. Listeria is a horrible disease. I agree, cleaning and disinfecting is important, and helps. Listeria bacteria lives in the soil, water, rotting and molding foods and in the goats own feces. Makes it sound hopeless, I know, but making sure feed, hay, minerals, blocks, feeders, and such are all mold free is important. Raking up hay from under feeders and using pine shaving or clean straw as bedding and not hay, which is more prone to moisture and mold. I also believe gut health is important to help the goat fight the bacteria if it enters. A compromised goat is more susceptible to illness. Listeriosis is so much harder for them to recover from than Polio. Again, Im very sorry for your loss. Here is a link to read a bit more. https://www.merckvetmanual.com/generalized-conditions/listeriosis/overview-of-listeriosis
Her symptoms were circling around my legs, her head was pulled sideways, eyes looked terrible and believe she was blind, she was disoriented and she was shaking. Later she laid down and her head wobbled when she tried raising it.
Have the mice gotten into your grain or hay? (in large amounts) Their urine and feces can contaminate your feed, as can cat urine (or any other critter). So sorry you lost her.
Lil Goats, just to let you know you are starting new threads instead of replying to this one. I think you meant to reply to this one.
