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In Reply to: Topic of the Day: Pneumonia posted by GoatWorld on August 16, 2001 at 14:31:54:
Most of the respiratory problems I've had to deal with have been with new animals. It seems the most my "old girls" ever come down with is a runny nose during allergy season. If my nose is running I don't think too much about it if theirs is!
Most problems can be avoided if the goats are kept in a dry living area that isn't very dusty and has adequate ventilation. If you can smell ammonia in the stalls you're going to have sick girls. But sometimes no matter what you do the little devils are going to get sick! I start paying attention if the nasal discharge is colored (yellow or green) and thick. I'll listen for wheezing or rattles in their chests and check the temperature. If they don't pass any of these tests I start them on antibiotics. I used to use penicillin and then I started using LA200 but thanks to Vicki's vast knowledge I've started using Tylan. It's available in the local farm supply stores and cheaper than LA200! A few days on antibiotics with some extra attention paid to cleaning the stalls, keeping the dust down, Vitamin B and Probios (i.e. TLC!!!) and they respond quite nicely.
The one instance of pneumonia that didn't respond to anything was this summer when ALL my girls suddenly began getting sick with fevers over 107. There were no snotty noses or coughing or wheezing. The only sign was a high fever and it didn't come around until the animal was about to go down. We lost two girls (one being my pride and joy) and spent 5 weeks trying to keep the rest alive until the test results came back from the diagnostic lab. The doctor there said my doe died from inhalation pneumonia caused by a petroleum based product. We don't know where it came from but suspect the shrubbery field next to us was sprayed with something as the only goats that got sick were downhill from that field. All we could do was try to control the fever and we gave LA200 this time to combat secondary infections. The funny thing was, 5 weeks and about 55 gallons of Banamine later we had three days of very heavy rain and miraculously all the problems went away. Next year I'll be keeping my eye on that field of shrubbery.....
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