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     Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 89 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.50.252.113 Rating: N/A |
Mel - a month after kidding my does tend to look very thin, because they are putting everything into milk for their babies. The biggest thing I do is worm them right after they kid. Usually with Ivermectin or Valbazen. For the cough - check her temperature. If her temperature is normal, antibiotics aren't likely to do any good. Dry, dusty hay or feed will sometimes make them cough. I've never treated lungworm, but that will also cause coughing. | ||
| Mel Austin New member Username: mel_4278 Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2006 Posted From: 203.84.184.242 Rating: N/A |
My doe has just given birth less than a month ago and after giving birth I noticed that she's getting thin everyday and also has a cough. I injected Amoxicillin Gentamicin (advised by a friend) and observed that her cough has gone but after 3 days it came back. I consulted a vet and advised me to give Baytril (injectable). The cough still exists until now and the vet said that Baytril is the strongest medicine that she can give. Right now I do not know what to do next. I will try to consult another vet tomorrow. I would appreciate if somebody can give his/her comments or suggestions. | ||
| Eric Wittig New member Username: goatsrusfarm Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2006 Posted From: 70.8.11.66 Rating: N/A |
sandi& scott i had the same problem we use nuflor 300mg 4cc every other day only use it 2 times you will be amazed how much better your goat is the next day i had one down on her side would not get up i gave her nuflor 300 mg 5 cc the next moring she was eating thanks give it a try | ||
| Elaine Elder New member Username: elaine Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2006 Posted From: 68.19.67.57 Rating: N/A |
I have a horse that gets the same symptoms. She fell and went hard up against a 4x4 post . she was trapped for about 30 minutes until I got home and the handy man who found her, My 19 year old daughter, and myself tied ropes everywhere we could and pulled her out from under the fence she was trapped under. The vet made it a couple hours later. She had damaged her windpipe at the bottom of her neck where it goes into her chest. We have to put water into her feed still after a year. The damage was permanant. She gets the feed cought in the scar tissue inside her throat unless it is watered down. When this happens She drools from her nose, takes shallow breaths, and coughs terribly. We put Vegetable oil down her throat with a syringe every 2 hours until she gets past it. I have a goat that got her head caught in a hogwire fence and hurt her throat. She would cough when she ate for a month afterward. She still streaches her head and yawns while she is eating. We had a satelite repairman from Jamaica tell us he grew up raising goats. He said they would get a peice of plactic or something else lodged in their throat and streach out their neck, cough alot, take short raspy breaths, chew on stuff but not swallow and hide their heads in the corner. The breathing problems would increase until the goat just died. These were meat goats so they would find the plastic (you know) later. I am sorry for your loss. | ||
| Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 88 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.50.252.113 Rating: N/A |
The medicine (a steroid and an antihistamine) made no difference. We lost the doe a few days later. We decided not to do a post-mortem since it was the first occurrence and only one animal was involved. Thanks for your help and suggestions. | ||
| Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 84 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.50.252.113 Rating: N/A |
The vet said there were rales and fluid in her left lung, but the right is clear. Without taking her to a large university for x-rays, my vet really couldn't do more than try to treat her symptoms. She's a fine doe, but still a farm animal and we really can't justify the expense. We put her on PREDEF and RECOVR (I didn't even ask what they were). | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1506 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.215.105  Rating: N/A |
Let me know what you find out. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 63.87.188.226 Rating: N/A |
My husband and I had the same thought today. We will take her to the vet in the morning. | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1499 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.215.105 Rating: N/A |
It is possible she has a tumor putting pressure on her windpipe and lungs? Could it be a CL abscess in her lungs pressing on her airway? Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 78 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.50.252.113 Rating: N/A |
This doe was found with head extended, gulping for air. We initially thought she might have gotten into something poisonous, so we gave mineral oil to clean her out and maalox and pepto-bismal to soothe her stomach. She had been bred about 4 weeks earlier, and after 2 days she did abort. Her temp was 102. We did give benamine, B-complex and LA-200. After 4 days, we put her on Naxcel, more benamine, and a steroid. I took her to the vet, he said her rumen was active, bowel sounds normal, and no fluid in the lungs, but her lungs were "tight". That was a week ago, we have been supporting her with oral electrolyte solution, probiotics and a vitamin/mineral supplement. She will nibble grass or hay, but she's not really eating and is loosing weight rapidly. Your thoughts, suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated. If she makes it through the night, I will take her back to the vet in the morning, but quite frankly, he is as puzzled as I am about this. |