Productive Animals, Healthy Herds, & Happy Farmers

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Herd Health.

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Our Philosophy

At Caprine & Ewe we have an integrated and proactive approach to herd health intended to optimize your herd’s production and performance potentials. Dr. Holahan provides a multi-level, evidence-based herd management plan that constructed based on a pyramid of herd health.

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View fullsize It’s officially pool time…I opened early this year and Michigan said 🖕in Wednesday but I didn’t listen….
View fullsize Well, I have some catching up to do on my kidding season but….I definitely don’t wanna overshadow Star‘s little kid so I’ll give you a full update of the past two weeks later but without further delay, Star had a beautiful de
View fullsize This is what "photos of kids" looks like when you dam raise your kids. This is always a personal choice and I see the pros and cons of both bottle vs. dam-raising kids. Regardless of how you choose to raise your kids, as a responsible breed
View fullsize I lovingly call Mazel "The Tank" because she's massive in all the right ways including her kid count....if it's worth doing...it's worth over doing Mazel will always always have a place on my farm even if she wants to kid at 2am....she's m
View fullsize Next up is Goldie (naming theme = Disney/fairy tale characters) who blessed us with the first doeling of 2025 and gave us one with nuts too on 2/6/25 @11:30am. Thank god for friends who also farm : ) Natalie came to the rescue since I was stuck at wo
View fullsize One of the benefits of owning & running your own farm is being able to secretly snuggle baby goats until you're ready to announce them to the world & having the final say on what their names will be ❤️ It’s time to welcome these new ba
View fullsize Riley’s mothering skills are second to none! Last year, she not only cared for her own buckling but also stepped up to raise twins when we needed to graft a newborn doeling, Sarafina, to her. 🍼 She took on the challenge like a pro, proving her
View fullsize Riley will be 1st to kick off our 2025 kidding season this weekend. Riley isn’t just a great mom—she’s a star in the show ring! 🌟 In 2024, she earned 8th place as a yearling milker at the ADGA National Show, and placed 1st in ever
View fullsize When you’re eating for multiples, dinner time can’t come fast enough! 🍽️ Mazel and Riley, our mother/daughter Nigerian Dwarf goats, are counting down the days until they welcome their new kids this week. 🍼 They’ve been letting us

How It All Began…

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Our Team.

We provide 30+ years of veterinary and livestock management experience to bring you a full service team approach.


Melissa Holahan, DVM, DACVECC, Owner/Chief Veterinarian