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Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis or CAE

Nubian doe with enlarged carpus or knee joints , some swelling in other joints and wasting

Incurable & Infectious

This doe is showing the typical signs of enlarged knees and other joints and wasting despite excellent feed.

Saanen doe with CAE showing breathing with an open mouth

Pneumonia form of CAE

This doe had great difficulty breathing and breathed through its mouth to try and get more oxygen into its lungs. Note also the twisted front legs

Saanen milking doe with signs of wasting and enlarged knees due to CAE

Wasting & swollen knees

Typical signs of CAE

CAE booklet (within Australia or e-book if overseas)

$25.00

($8.00 shipping)

This is written for Australian conditions and has a lot of very practical advice and is printed on demand so is always up-to-date.

the Australian CAE Market assurance Program

Check out this great video about CAE tests & the program

Free Downloads about CAE

CAE is a viral disease of goats that has no treatment nor vaccine & causes:

Arthritis, especially of the knees
Wasting
Nervous signs
Hard udder/mastitis
Chronic pneumonia

This virus is so similar to the Maedi Visna virus of sheep that both viruses are now called Small Ruminant Lentivirus.

Below are free downloads about CAE , I also read my posts on my Facebook page that I manage about CAE (where I post at least weekly). Search Facebook for Let's Eradicate CAE.

CAE is a disease Developed countries gave to Developing Countries (pdf)

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Modern CAE Testing (pdf)

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1 page Fact-sheet on CAE (pdf)

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Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)

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Video on how to do the paperwork for the new Australian MAP

This explains what forms are needed and how to fill them in. Also what is needed for an audit and what happens during an audit. Forms are on the AHA website i.e https://animalhealthaustralia.com.au/goatmap/

Video Interviews from goat breeders who eradicated CAE

Interview with Mrs Dulcie Richards who eradicated CAE from her herd after it killed most of her goats. Milking competitions spread it at shows.

More CAE interviews

Interview with Pete Ross who eradicated CAE in the 1980s by snatch birthing kids

Interview with Kate Thomson who eradicated CAE and had a case of the hard udder form. She eradicated by snatch birthing & culling in 2 years.

Interview with Noelene Dean

Description of hard udder and teh big knee form of CAE and how she eradicated CAE twice from her herd and has then kept it out for decades.

Read more on my Facebook page about CAE below

Buck owners need to know their bucks can get CAE from does

Normal looking does can be carriers of the CAE virus and pass it on to bucks via their vaginal mucous . Ensure all does that come for service to your buck come from tested free herds.

Mating and Spread of CAE (pdf)

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What CAE can do to goats

Watch to see how badly CAE can cripple a goat

Download the file to send details of your goats

We use this to pre-print the labels for the blood sample bottles . Choose either the Excel or Word template . All kids over 6 months should be tested.

Goat details for sample bottles Form (xlsx)

Download

Goat details for sample bottles (docx)

Download

Zoom lecture about CAE

This video explain this slow viral disease, the tests used to find carriers as well as methods of spread and control programs

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You can look at my CAE Pinterest Board and follow my CAE Facebook page - see links below

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