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questions about Worms, bacteria, etc in wild goats milk.

 
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Hi there! Thanks for reading me..

So I live on the island of Mallorca and we have Soo many wild goats.
I've taken 2 to take care of them and milk them for our family...
I'm looking for information about what should I do to the goats or to the milk before I start consuming it.
I'm all in in drinking the fresh goat milk, but my question goes more into should I deworm them, how? What are the most natural and effective techniques to do so so their parasites don't gain inmunity?

The goats look very healthy to me...
Please any info shared would be Soo much appreciated. I hardly find anything at all online...
And I have no one to ask about these things..

Thank you!

 
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You can't get worms through goat milk, and even if you could, your body would digest them because worms are species-specific, so goat worms can't infect humans.

Wild goats are some of the healthiest and hardiest animals on earth, which is why they are so invasive and there are so many. On many islands the government (Santa Cruz in the US, Galapagos, etc) has taken to shooting them because they were destroying the ecosystem.

At a minimum, you should filter the milk before drinking it. If you use fabric to filter it, you should boil the fabric between uses. In the US, we have disposable filters that fit into a funnel, but historically fabric was simply draped across the top of a bucket or jar and the milk was poured through it.

If you can't do any testing for diseases, you might want to pasteurize the milk, which just means you heat it to 170 degrees then quickly cool and refrigerate.

If these are feral goats, it might be a challenge learning to milk them. Here is more info on that:
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/learning-to-milk-goa/
 
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Since these are wild goats, they are likely naturally extremely parasite resistant - a trait common and highly advantageous in feral herds. They probably do have some internal parasites, but not enough to negatively affect them.

If you want to worm them, you won't be able to drink the milk for a few weeks until the medication has left their system. Read and follow the instructions of the medicine you give or ask a vet to dose them for you and tell you what to do.

Regarding drinking the milk in general - this is fine. Pasteurise if worried about pathogens but as Deborah says, it definitely can't give you worms.
 
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There are warnings about toxoplasmosis in raw goats milk:

https://www.google.com/search?q=toxoplasmosis+goat+milk&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

That being said.. I have goats, and drink raw goat milk every day when I get it. Filtered through a paper towel to catch hair and other debris. Delicious.

Live until you die.

Pic is my best milker.. name of Moo Moo
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Ted Abbey wrote:There are warnings about toxoplasmosis in raw goats milk:

https://www.google.com/search?q=toxoplasmosis+goat+milk&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

That being said.. I have goats, and drink raw goat milk every day when I get it. Filtered through a paper towel to catch hair and other debris. Delicious.

Live until you die.

Pic is my best milker.. name of Moo Moo



Moo Moo is adorable! What a perfect name!
 
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