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     Aaron Chapman (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 209.131.239.51 Rating: N/A |
I had this EXACT thing happen to me last year. I vaccinated against it this year and all is good for the kids this year Campylobacter jejuni was isolated in pure culture from the tissues and stomach contents of an aborted fetus from a mixed-breed Illinois goat herd. In the herd, 5 of 21 does aborted in late gestation. The does had diarrhea before or concurrent with the abortions. Does that did not abort were vaccinated with ovine C fetus bacterin and were given chlortetracycline orally at the rate of 75 mg/day for 2 weeks. Further abortions did not occur Site Reference http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6 874530&dopt=Abstract | ||
| Linda Smith (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 209.204.73.79 Rating: N/A |
Thanks, Maggie, but you'll have to e-mail your phone number. Nancy, the local auction sells animals for slaughter only, but of course there isn't any guarantee that people won't keep them. This was my thought, too, that if these 2 does are sick I could be passing on a problem or even causing human illness. If they have to be put down, I think I'd rather do it privately. Additional information: We have 3 other does that have delivered healthy babies within the past month. All 4 kids are doing fine. We sold 9 last year that were healthy. The only problem last year was Tammy Fay, and this year Maggie and Tam had their kids at the same time and all 3 of them died. Maggie and Tammy Fay seem fine. There are now 12 goats in our little group, and all of them seem to be perfectly healthy. | ||
| Maggie Leman New member Username: mleman Post Number: 24 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 64.102.64.113 Rating: N/A |
Linda, call me this evening and let's talk. There should be a very good explanation why these does can go to term but not deliver kids that live. A mineral deficiency is my first thought. | ||
| nancy krogh New member Username: bluebird_farm Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 129.71.94.254 Rating: N/A |
I would wait and try to diagnose the problem before selling them. Are the auctions every week/ mopnth maybe you can got to the next one, if neede. I would not be so quick to sell off a problem goat to someone else so they can have the problem/ are you sure they are slaughtering them?or are they re-selling to someone else who will inherit your problem??? May be Maggie or someone else will respond who knows more and can help you wwith your goats. It may be a toxemia or lack of some mineral or vitamin problem. She can help more than I with this. I just hate to see people so quickly sell a goat that could possibally be helped with not too much effort. hANG IN THERE AND TELL THE HUBBY TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT AUCTYION! nANCY Bluebird Farm tennessee fainters Blue rock, West virginia | ||
| Janet jones (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 152.163.100.14 Rating: N/A |
I'm not sure where you live, we raise pygmy goats, this winter has been very hard on the animals, we have a friend that raises goats, and they have had a lot of trouble with babies this year. we have two under four months old, we are frequently bringing them in to a warmer area. A couple of ours have had a dry cough a we were told by our vet. that the hay is much drier this time of year, we also use Land O Lakes goat feed. I would reconsider the sale, or worse, until you are sure that you have a problem with the mothers, or check with the previous owners and see if they had any problems. | ||
| Linda Smith (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 209.204.88.77 Rating: N/A |
We have a small herd of mixed-breed goats. One of our does, "Tammy Fay", just had twin kids day before yesterday. Her herd companion, "Maggie", had one kid the same day. Maggie's kid was dead at birth, but appeared to be normal. Tammy Fay rejected one kid, which died last night in our house, and the one she kept died during the night with her. This is Maggie's first pregnancy, and Tammy Fay's second. Tammy Fay's first twin kids died also; one was stillborn and the other died shortly after birth. I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions. Here is my problem. Tomorrow is the day there is a livestock auction in our area. My husband feels that these two does should be slaughtered. There isn't any vet right in this area who does much with goats. I don't want to kill these does if there is something here that others might recognize and know what to do about. Maggie has an occasional dry cough. Neither doe has worms that I'm aware of...they get worm shots from the vet and have DE added to their feed. Both these does came from the same former owner, so it's possible that they have some sort of disease. |