Herd Health & Biosecurity

Keeping our goats healthy and disease-free is one of our top priorities at Loki Farms, both for the well-being of our animals and the safety of the products we offer. We opened the herd adding three Nubians mention below. There are no further plans to add more goats from outside for the next couple years. All goats will remain on the property with no new additions besides the kids born here each year. We made a couple exceptions this year. One was Maude and her twin doelings, and the other a Nigerian Dwarf buck (Nugget.) He was properly quarantined away from the rest of the herd. He came from a tested closed herd, but was tested and quarantined before integrating with the other two bucks.

As of October 2025, the entire herd (minus Nugget, Maude, and her doelings) is negative for all tested diseases. Healthy goats mean healthy milk, and we’re proud to uphold that standard. As of April 2026, Nugget was tested and negative for all diseases.

2025 Herd Health Results

Date of Testing: October 2025

Testing Performed By: Licensed veterinarian

Herd Status: Closed herd

All Goats had blood drawn (or CFT skin test) and tested Negative For:

• Tuberculosis (TB, skin test)

• Brucellosis

• CAE (Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis)

• CL (Caseous Lymphadenitis)

• Johne’s Disease

• Q Fever

Testing Details

All testing was conducted and verified through our veterinarian.

Biosecurity testing (CAE, CL, Johne’s, Q Fever) will be drawn and sent off by us in the future annually.

April 2026 Nugget Results

Date of Testing: April 2026

Testing Performed By: Licensed veterinarian

Herd Status: Closed herd

Nugget had blood drawn (or CFT skin test) and tested Negative For:

• Tuberculosis (TB, skin test)

• Brucellosis

• CAE (Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis)

• CL (Caseous Lymphadenitis)

• Johne’s Disease

• Q Fever

Testing Details

All testing was conducted and verified through our veterinarian.

Biosecurity testing (CAE, CL, Johne’s, Q Fever) will be drawn and sent off by us in the future annually.

Complete documentation is available upon request.

May 2026 Iris miscarried

We sent samples for testing and she came back clean. No reason was found. No concerns for anything affecting the herd.

June 9, 2026, we added 3 Nubians

Maude was last tested for CAE April 2025. She was purchased from another local dairy that does herd testing. The farm had self reported zero cases of CL, no kidding issues and operated clean and closed. We will be testing her and her twin doelings this fall with the rest of our herd. In the meantime, she and her kids are in a quarantine pen with Buddy away from the rest of the herd.

Future biosecurity plans

2026 breeding season (August,) we will be testing just the new additions to the herd for TB and Brucellosis via our vet. GA is considered a TB free state. CAE, CL, Q fever, and Johne's will be done by us for the entire herd.