Building Immunity to Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Goats: Organic Science in the Making

What if a simple saliva test could help farmers build healthier goat herds? Dr. Emma Borkowski and her team are exploring that possibility by investigating whether goats capable of mounting a strong immune response to gastrointestinal nematodes can be identified through antibodies in their saliva. Their research provides guidelines for using the CARLA Test® under Canadian grazing conditions. In this episode, we visit the lab at the University of Guelph and a goat barn in Ontario to see how this work could help farmers improve herd immunity and animal health. This podcast series was originally released as the film series Captured on Film: Organic Science in the Making. You can find links to the films – and more information about all the research activities - on the Organic Science Cluster 4 website. That’s Organic-Science-Canada.ca Organic Science Cluster 4 is an industry-led research and development endeavour co-managed by the Organic Federation of Canada and the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada at Dalhousie University and supported by the AgriScience Program under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership together with over 80 funding partners.