Baa's and Bleat's - The AASRP Podcast
This podcast is sponsored by the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners. In Season 1, host Dr. Michelle Buckley from Iowa State University will explore dairy goat production by providing insights on improving milk quality and antimicrobial stewardship. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of dairy goat production with guest speakers ranging from veterinarians to farm managers. Questions can be directed to [email protected] 1 is also supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Antimicrobial Resistance grant number: 2020-04197. Listeners are encouraged to write to [email protected] with questions that were sparked by previous episodes for our content experts to discuss.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 41
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Contemplating Colostrum with Robert Van Saun
Join us for this discussion about colostrum evaluations and benchmarking Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University. This episode covers IgG concentration, evaluating passive…
Bladder Stones With Meredyth Jones
Join us for this discussion about urinary calculi (aka bladder stones) with the one and only Dr. Meredyth Jones-Cook of Oklahoma State University. This episode covers stone types, predi…
Season 3 Trailer
We're back with another season of Baas and Bleats, the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioner's podcast! This year, Dr. Sarah Lowrey will be breaking down current research …
Student Representative Highlight: Allysen Lower, Colorado State University
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Kelly Still-Brooks and Allysen Lower, the president of Colorado State University's AASRP student chapter. Students and faculty alike will be impressed …
Faculty Liaison Spotlight: Mike Pesato, Mississippi State University
In this episode, we welcome back to the podcast Dr. Mike Pesato. This time, Dr. Pesato shares his experience as the AASRP faculty liaison for the students at Mississippi State Universit…
Students, assemble! Highlighting the AASRP Student Symposium
We hope you enjoy this conversation between Lesley Moser and previous AASRP Emerging Leader, Mike Pesato.
Dr. Pesato is the current chair of the College Liaison Committee for AASRP and …
Trailer: Season 2
Welcome to Season 2 of Baas and Bleats!
In this season, Dr. Lesley Moser and Dr. Ann DiPastina, the 2022 AASRP Emerging Leaders, interview faculty liaisons and student representative…
Faculty Liaison Spotlight: Mary Smith, Cornell University
In this episode, we'll learn how Dr. Mary Smith lets Cornell's veterinary students take the lead in their small ruminant and camelid education.
If you have questions or comments about t…
How Can I Help You?
For the final episode of Season 1 Dr. Michelle Buckley sits down with Ryan Andrus of Bridgeman Hill Dairy in Vermont to discuss what makes a successful symbiotic relationship between da…
Bacteria in the Bulk Tank - Case Studies
This extra special bonus episode from our chat with Dr. Cathy Bauman (Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada) walks listeners through three real-life case investigations. D…
Milk Quality Investigations - part 2
This week we continue our conversation with Dr. Cathy Bauman of Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada about conducting a milk quality investigation on a goat dairy by wa…
Milk Quality Investigations - part 1
This week we sit down with one of our neighbors to the north, Dr. Cathy Bauman of Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Bauman's research focuses on helping produce…
Feeding Your Future
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Andrea Mongini of M&M Veterinary Practice and Ewetopia Dairy in Denair, CA to discuss feed…
Starting Off On the Right Hoof
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Robert VanSaun from Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Andrea Mongini of M&M Veterinary Practice and Ewetopia Dairy in Denair, CA to discuss colo…
Antimicrobial Resistance
Today we are talking with Dr. Virginia Fajt from Texas A&M University and Dr. Paul Plummer from Iowa State University about the development and monitoring of antimicrobial resistance a…
Using Drugs in Dairy Goats
*We want to hear from you! Send an email to [email protected] and let us know where you are listening from, how you are involved with the dairy community, and if you have a…
Setting Up for Success - Dry Period Considerations
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Joan Dean Rowe from the University of California - Davis and Dr. Roselle (Rosie) Busch from the University of California's Department of Agriculture…
Milk Quality Matters
On this episode we sit down with Dr. Fauna Smith from the University of California - Davis to discuss milk quality on goat dairies of all sizes.
Topics of conversation include federal a…
$omatic Cell Count$
Today we are talking with Dr. Andrea Mongini of M&M Veterinary Service and Ewetopia Dairy in Denair, California about the significance of somatic cell counts (SCC) and how this metric c…
If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It
Today we are talking with Dr. Joan Dean Rowe from UC Davis and Ryan Andrus from Bridgman Hill Farm about the importance of utilizing permanent individual animal identification and recor…