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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 642 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141  Rating: N/A |
This could be a number of things especially since he is going to be prone to infections and just not doing well from not getting colostrum. He could have goat polio a thiamin (vitamin B1) deficiency. For this the only effective treatment is frequent fairly high doses of thiamin. You can use Fortified B Complex, this has 100 mg/ml of thiamin in it (check the label). Give at least 1 cc per 20 pounds every 3 to 4 hours for the first day or so, then when the goat is stable give 2 to 3 times a day for 5 to 7 more days. Give a probiotic to replenish the digestive microbes that make thiamin. He could have some sort of infection. Take his temperature, it should be 101.5 to 103.5. If he has a fever he likely has an infection. I have had the best luck with systemic infections like this in young kids by using LA 200 (oxytetracycline) at 1 cc per 30 pounds once a day by SQ injection for 10 days. Depending on how old he is (over 3 to 4 weeks) he could have parasites, worms or coccidia. Does he have diarrhea? Diarrhea in young kids is most often coccidia and diarrhea can also lead to polio...To treat coccidia use a sulfa drug such as Sulmet or Albon 12.5% drinking water solution, they are labeled for use in poultry and cattle. Most feed stores carry at least one of these. Give straight from the bottle 1 cc per 5 pounds orally for 5 days. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| sandy mcdonald (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.12.116.9 Rating: N/A |
i wrote to you on 3-28-2006 to see what was wrong with our kid. he had not had his mothers milk and we had been feeding him the milk sub. you told us to get the cd antitoxin and penicillin and give as instructed, we went and bought it and gave to him, he seemed like he was doing better eating weeds with the rest of the goats and yesteday he started falling down again and having seizures, he is still eating some of his bottle. anything you can advise i would appreciate. you are a real help to all of us who don't know anything about goats. thanks again |