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I'm "looking forward" to drawing more blood and sending it in this week. My last results were negative.

We might try Herd Health Diagnostics. A goat friend recommended them because of price and better customer service. $4 vs $6.50 a sample. She says ELISA testing is all the same ELISA test. If no one has anything negative to warn me about them I may try them out.
 

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We are all negative at 4 weeks past last possible exposure. Two more tests at 8 and 12 weeks to go. I've got a saanen doe due with mini kids this week (today actually). She doesn't feel very close.

Bailey and riker hands up.jpg

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Tonka loves mom.jpg
 

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Riker got mouthy today when I grabbed his collar to fix his flea tick collar. Boy, was that a mistake.
For that he got dragged to the shop and weighed, nails clipped, walked on a heel to the house where he was dragged inside and vaccinated, and then I knocked the fluff out of him.
DO NOT even think of biting me for grabbing you-even sort of.
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Bailey, on the other hand, got her pants shaved off again. Her no-touch zone on her rear end is expanding. I'm guessing she has a little stiffness from being so overweight for so long and getting older so I shaved her from the hips down and took no pics so keyboard warriors don't get inflamed. No need to get rashy and trashy.
She will still need a bath because she's an oily mess and where I didn't shave isn't releasing undercoat properly again. She's going to love that but after shampooing and while she's still wet her undercoat does drop out if brushed.
 

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