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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1057 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141  Rating: N/A |
Please deworm with something else, one dose of Safeguard IS NOT what is currently recommended for goats. It is not effective here in the south, I had to stop using it over 5 years ago. But vets here still push it as it is the only thing they learned in vet school. The current recommendation (from Cornell University) is 4 to 5 times the cattle dose by weight for 3 to 5 days. Rotating dewormers more often than once a year or so just makes the worms immune to ALL of the dewormers at once. Do not rotate wormers more than once a year or wait until they become ineffective and then rotate. We are fast running out of dewormers through improper dosing and rotating too often. It could be the goats are wormy but not to the point of yet being anemic. A goat has to have worms for quite a while before getting anemic, clumpy stools is an EARLY sign. Of course getting a sample to your vet for a fecal exam wouldn't hurt... Your goats can not get coccidia from chickens (nor the other way around). Coccidia is pretty much species specific, like lice. On the other hand they CAN get salmonella. But that is highly unlikely with these symptoms. Goats with salmonella are usually very sick. The sore under the leg of the goat is probably something like heat rash. I have found the purple spray to be very effective. You might try putting a cortisone cream on it to reduce itching. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Anne Miller New member Username: blueannie Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 12.179.88.234 Rating: N/A |
The goats were dewormed with a good dose of safegaurd the day we got them. I know that is not really the wormer of choice but that is what the breeder is using at this particular time. He rotates religiously. I think I worry about coccidia because we have chickens, but we have not have them long enough for that to be a problem I would not think. I am going to treat them with Sulmet just to be sure! Another question...we have one wether that is chewing at a sore under his leg...what is something good to put on that to discourage the chewing and help heal this up. We have cleaned with peroxide a few times, used betadine and have use purple wound coat. We have just started putting triple antibiotic ointment on it today. Thanks a million for your help! | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1056 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141 Rating: N/A |
If they were mine I would dose with both Sulmet and a good dewormer. Moving a goat to a new home even if they stay on the same diet is very stressful and dormant parasites become active. I always deworm the day a goat is moved and repeat it 2 weeks later and give probios for a few days to any new goat no matter what. Also take their temperatures to be sure this isn't the start of a respiratory illness (often called shipping fever). Cutting the grain and giving probios is certainly a good idea too. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Anne Miller New member Username: blueannie Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 12.179.88.159 Rating: N/A |
My daughters have two 3 month old wethers for showing. We have had them one week today. Last week one had clumpy manure and we cut his grain( which we have not changed) and gave him only hay and very little grain for two days and a dose of probios. He straightened up. Today the other one started with manure clumped together. What he just passed has no shape at all but it is not loose yet either, but looks like it is headed that way. Both goats have good color and were eating well this morning, have had hay today and are drinking water. Do you have any suggestions on what this could be. I was thinking of dosing with Sulmet just to be on the safe side. |