HOMEOPATHICS FOR THE CAE PROBLEM Cl996

ALVA IRISH, Phd, ND, DHM, DD, FBIH

In the last few years, the BOER goat has become prevalent in the Dairy

Goat scene. We all have noticed more and more dairies raising this breed, and

other meat breeds. The meat goat industry is definitely on the rise.

This has brought with it many problems that have ordinarily been handled

by Dairy Goat breeders, and others that are not so normal.

There have been more cases of sore mouth, Caseous Lymphodema, and above

all, CAE, a form of goat arthritis, that leaves dairy animals with hardened udders, effectively rendering them useless, and turning them into slaughter animals.

Learning to be a Naturopath has brought to light some wonderful treatments

which can totally eliminate and restore to health, an animal infected with CAE,

using Homeopathics.

CAE udders are typified by hardness and little milk, not much

inflammation, and much internal scarring.

Initial CAE symptoms may be twinned by does exposed to heavy poisons,

insecticides, moldy hay, smoke inhalation (from a fire) ammonia from a dirty

barn, etc.

The doe, which has previously had nice soft udder, freshens with a

distended edematous bag, with little milk production. There is a hardened area

that goes from the top of the attachment under the tail, down the middle to the

front attachment. Often the entire back is bulged out and hard.

Initial treatment would be to give ONE dose of Belladonna "F", followed by

Aconitum Napelus "F", and if in the case of exposure to poisons, Nux vomica

"F", or if the doe seems very weak, Carbo Vegatabilis "F". I also include

Urtica Urens 200 C.

A dose for a goat is 1 pellet or tablet.

And, finally, I give Cornebacterium, potentized, also in an "F"

potency, and Bacillus of Burnet 200C, one dose each to all Herd members.

The "F" after the remedy means that all of the titrations are mixed in one

remedy, thus a combination of a "shotgun and rifle" effect. The low titrations

of a remedy, say 3X etc., have a shotgun effect at the target infection, but is

weak. It won't miss, but will take a while to act.

The higher titrations, say 1 M, have a rifle effect, which targets right in the

middle the effectuation, but if it is wrong, will miss entirely.

Using an "F" potency, will eliminate guesswork in an emergency.

I administer the remedies, of one pellet or tablet of each, stuffed into

the middle of a gum drop, opening the gumdrop, putting the pills into the sticky

middle, then pinching the drop back closed. All medications in pill form can be

easily administered in this manner, goats love gumdrops. (except red ones !)

I condition my animals at a young age to love gum drops by offering them

occasionally on top of their ration, thereby rendering them easier to treat if ill.

A fresh doe gets an untreated gumdrop each milking as a treat, medicated

or not, and they raise Cain if they are deprived of their yummy!

If the hardening has not improved by the next morning, or has gotten

worse, and the udder is NOT hot or inflamed, but the doe does not like to be

milked, and hesitates to get up on the stand, I administer Phytolacca

Decandra 1M, and Calcarea Carbonica 1M, in a gum drop: the next two mornings,

I give one dose of Phytolacca Decandra 1 M alone, in their gumdrop.

Phytolacca decandra is a specific for "hardness of udder". Milk

will immediately increase after the first dose.

I will write next time about increasing milk and udder development.

Good luck!

*Remember to use rubber gloves when handling Homeopathic remedies!

A dose is to touch it, breathe it, eat one pellet, or eat the entire bottle.

*article written for Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine for their

student's files.