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     Cindy Hance New member Username: chance Post Number: 27 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
I'll check them over thoroughly. I'm sick today so I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Are there any other signs to look for? If it is CL should I do anything to the pen they are in once I move them out before bringing any others in? If I remember correctly I believe it was at the rib area maybe 2nd to last rib, midway up to the spine maybe a little lower. Thank you! Cindy | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 440 Registered: 07-2005  Rating: N/A |
Where exactly is the "popped" sore? If it is in the flank area just in front of the hip or stifle it could be a CL abscess. Check the other goats VERY carefully for other lumps. This is a disease you DO NOT want on your farm! The 3 day dose for Biomycin is for cattle. A goat's metabolism is much higher and they require daily dosing when treating respiratory disease. If the nasal discharge is clear and the goats don't have a fever they don't need antibiotics. They likely had a viral infection and antibiotics won't do anything for that. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Cindy Hance New member Username: chance Post Number: 26 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
Should be ok on the biomycin first shot was yesterday. Teh noses are mostly clear. The other reason I started biomycin is I found a sore (scab that had popped) on the side of one of the girls not sure what it was either. We will run the full dosage on all the goats. Apparently these are very unhealthy little girls. I thought biomycin was a SQ good for three day period? I think that is what my papers say too. If not glad I wrote in. My vet had me give 10cc SQ every third day for polio. She is much better by the way. Thanks for your help! Cindy | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 439 Registered: 07-2005 Rating: N/A |
Check the coughing one's temperature. Normal is 101.5 to 103.5. if it is above that they have a respiratory infection and need antibiotics. You can put them back on Biomycin at 1 cc per 30 pounds by SQ injection once a day for at least 5 days. If the nasal discharge is yellow or greenish they definitely have a respiratory infection and need antibiotics. Giving ONE shot of Biomycin is nearly useless EXCEPT that it makes for resistant bacteria. If you are going to give an antibiotic of any kind you should always treat for at least 5 days. You should only give an antibiotic if there is a good reason to believe the animal actually HAS an infection that will respond to antibiotic treatment. You shouldn't give antibiotics "just in case", it doesn't do any good really as it is mostly out of the goat's system before they really need it but it has ben there long enough to kill the most susceptible bacteria leaving the most resistant to flourish. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Cindy Hance New member Username: chance Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2005 Rating: N/A |
Just purchased some does, a little thin but seemed ok otherwise but now some of their noses are really snotty and some have wet coughs. Others seem fine. They have been quarantined in a pen together when they were brought home. Dewormed them, gave shots of Fort. vit B 4cc each, and 3cc Biomycin. Was giving one pepto but that cleared up in 2 days and she is fine now. They are warming up to us already. Hope they are going to be ok. Any suggestions? Haven't had this kind of cough on the farm before. Cindy |