The Dairy Goat Digest

The Dairy Goat Digest is a newsletter published by the Dairy Food Safety Program, Food Inspection Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). This newsletter provides information and updates, including emerging milk quality issues, to dairy goat milk producers, transporters and marketers regarding the provincial Raw Goat Milk Quality Program.

Current Issue

2010

Issue #11 August 2010

1. Bactoscan testing of bulk tank samples
2. Troubleshooting tips for bulk tank washers
3. The Agricultural Management Institute (AMI)
4. Summary of raw goat milk quality
5. Tips and helpful hints for producers
6. Can one goat in a milking herd of 250 cause a bulk tank standard plate count to spike?

 

Past Issues

2009

Issue #10 August 2009

1. Testing for Veterinary Drug and Medicated Feed Residues
2. Prevelence of Coxiella burnetii in Raw Goat Milk
3. Research Project to Test Goat Milk using the BactoScan
4. Summary of Raw Goat Milk Quality
5. When to Contact your OMAFRA Raw Milk Specialist

 

2006

Issue #9 - April 2006

1. Summary of Raw Milk Quality Test Results 2004 and 2005
2. Free Access Feeding with Acidified Milk for Goat Kids

 

2005

Issue #8 - October 2005

1. Summary of Raw Goat Milk Quality Testing 2004
2. Tickborne Encephalitis Outbreak in Estonia Linked to Raw Goat Milk
3. Attention Bucket Milkers
4. Testing Goat Milk for Antibiotic Residues
5. Update in case of BSE in French Goat
   

 

Issue #7 - May 2005

1. Planning to Build or Renovate?
2. Standard Plate Count Summary

 

Issue #6 - February 2005

1. Raw Goat Milk Quality - New Data Management System
2. Progress on 2001 Provincial Auditor's Recommendations
3. Controlled Reproduction for Off Season Milk Production
4. French Goat Tests Positive for BSE
5. Small in Scale, Big on Enthusiasm
   

 

2004

Issue # 5- September 2004

1. High SPCs, What to do
2. What does OMAFRA's Raw Goat Milk Quality Program cover?
3. Food Safety & Quality Act, 2001
4. Dairy Baseline Study
5. Dairy Goat Producer Surveys
6. Code of Professionalism for Inspectors
7. Standard Plate Count Summary

 

Issue # 4 - February 2004

1. Provincial Auditor's Report
2. Goat Milk Producer Survey
3. Checking temperatures to stay out of hot water
   

 

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