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<blockquote data-quote="adamsoa" data-source="post: 245890" data-attributes="member: 13823"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">There is has been some concern about the transmission of diseases between domestic goats and sheep and wild sheep. I have an article from a friend listed below that talks about it in more depth. I dont have a lot of sheep country near where I hike/hunt so its not an issue. We also take very good care of our goats and hit the vet at least twice a year for checkups and shots. The only times that there have been problems that I am aware of is when there are large "groups or herds" of meat sheep/goats up in the same areas. But to play it safe at least until they have more evidence one way or the other I dont plan to take them into the same country as sheep. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With so many places to hike, I try to avoid taking our packgoats to areas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that are known bighorn habitat (particularly known areas of lambing as the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">young lambs may try to approach goats). There is a possible transmission of disease (Pasteurella) from goats to sheep.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is best in my opinion to avoid known Bighorn sheep habitat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I think that the literature supports that most disease transmission in the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">bighorn sheep is believed to be from domestic sheep to wild sheep. I'm not</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">aware that any biologist or scientist has stated categorically that goats do</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">NOT transmit disease to bighorn sheep (unfortunately). I believe that they</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">use words to the effect that there is some risk, though it may be very</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">small. I think that there is a recorded case where some herd meat goats</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(that escaped) caused "pink eye" or something like it in bighorn sheep,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">which resulted in loss (death) of some bighorn sheep because they went</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">blind.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">From what I've read on the topic is that biologists seem to associate free roaming or herd managed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">goats (like herds of meat goats) to introduction of diseases (not</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">packgoats). Biologists seem to make the distinction between herd managed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">goats and packgoats. The general public just hears "goats. I'm not aware that any one has</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">pinpointed a disease transmission from domestic packgoats to bighorn sheep.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's all about scientific data (or lack of it), and perception. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Andy</span></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adamsoa, post: 245890, member: 13823"] [FONT=Arial]There is has been some concern about the transmission of diseases between domestic goats and sheep and wild sheep. I have an article from a friend listed below that talks about it in more depth. I dont have a lot of sheep country near where I hike/hunt so its not an issue. We also take very good care of our goats and hit the vet at least twice a year for checkups and shots. The only times that there have been problems that I am aware of is when there are large "groups or herds" of meat sheep/goats up in the same areas. But to play it safe at least until they have more evidence one way or the other I dont plan to take them into the same country as sheep. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]With so many places to hike, I try to avoid taking our packgoats to areas that are known bighorn habitat (particularly known areas of lambing as the young lambs may try to approach goats). There is a possible transmission of disease (Pasteurella) from goats to sheep. It is best in my opinion to avoid known Bighorn sheep habitat. I think that the literature supports that most disease transmission in the bighorn sheep is believed to be from domestic sheep to wild sheep. I'm not aware that any biologist or scientist has stated categorically that goats do NOT transmit disease to bighorn sheep (unfortunately). I believe that they use words to the effect that there is some risk, though it may be very small. I think that there is a recorded case where some herd meat goats (that escaped) caused "pink eye" or something like it in bighorn sheep, which resulted in loss (death) of some bighorn sheep because they went blind. From what I’ve read on the topic is that biologists seem to associate free roaming or herd managed goats (like herds of meat goats) to introduction of diseases (not packgoats). Biologists seem to make the distinction between herd managed goats and packgoats. The general public just hears "goats. I'm not aware that any one has pinpointed a disease transmission from domestic packgoats to bighorn sheep. It's all about scientific data (or lack of it), and perception. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Andy[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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