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diskobox
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I've asked this question before, and the answer was always that you're not gonna get lyme from raw milk.

I drink raw goat's milk. It's all I can tolerate. Rice, soy, etc. all taste like crap to me and I think they're just as unhealthy as store bought milk. The health benefits of raw goat's milk are well known.

But would it be possible to get Lyme from it? Do goat's carry lyme, and furthermore could you get it from their milk?


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I think you can get brucella from raw milk, dont know about lyme though.

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brucella is definitely contractable thru raw milk products and the symptoms are the same as lyme symptoms (plus a few more) It can also be a congenitally acquired (usually thru your father's side of family)

doxy and rafampin are used to treat this.

brucella can also be from a tick/insect bite
as a co infection of lyme.I have brucella and am in treatment 2.5 months so far.It comes with a wicked herx, that's for sure!


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Lyme disease has been described in dogs, cats, horses cows and goats. Symptoms can include fever, lameness and soreness, listlessness, loss of appetite, swollen glands and joints. Heart, kidney, liver, eye and nervous system problems are also described in animals. Laminitis is reported in horses and cows, as are poor fertility, abortions and chronic weight loss. Temperament changes have been reported in dogs and horses. Untreated animals can develop chronic progressive arthritis.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jake/mosaic/lyme.html

Human mothers with lyme can pass lyme to their babies through breast milk. I would think it would be possible.


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Yes, you can get lyme from any raw milk. Pasteurization does kill it.

We used to raise dairy goats and only drank raw milk for years. I've had several state veterinarians assure me that they've never seen a case of brucellosis in goats, but my family did get listeria from one of my animals who died with encephalitis. She became paralyzed and died a week later, and her brain was full of lesions. We got severe headaches and fevers but thankfully didn't have to be hospitalized. After that happened we decided we would never drink raw milk again. (We think my goat got it from raccoons washing their food in the stock tank.)

I've been bitten by ticks so many times I'm sure I got lyme that way, but my goats were also bitten (we had lots of deer in our pasture area) and I probably got extra exposure through milk.

Jan


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Brucella melitensis is contracted thru and carried by sheep and goats. This includes goat's milk (unpasturized)
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Hi,

Not a good idea to drink raw milk when already dealing with a greatly taxed immune system due to Lyme and Co.

I have two family members who contacted brucella from drinking raw milk---this is not a fun disease

Please don't take chances


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