Quarantine Procedure for New Animals ~ Goat
Quarantine procedure – preferred is 60 days isolation (30 days minimum)
Testing During Quarantine:
CAE ~ don’t test if under 6 months of age – may get inaccurate results
Medical Issues to Address During Quarantine:
Foot rot – may be wise to assume you purchased it and foot trim and foot soak
foot rot is a bacteria – it is not caused by damp conditions or lack of hoof care
it is solely transmitted animal to animal
most common disease in sheep
there are 20 sub types of foot rot – some much worse than others
foot rot does NOT live in the soil for years – that is a serious myth at most it is there a
couple of days
--foot soak: 10% Zinc Sulfate
Quarantine Drench – to help avoid introducing drug resistant worms
--isolate animals to barn, dry lot or a sacrifice pasture not used for other sheep
--use more than one dewormer class, one of which should be cydectin and the other
probably levamisole (Prohibit)
--manure sample worm egg counts should be negative prior to turnout with other animals
do sample 2-3 weeks after deworming
--release from quarantine onto YOUR INFECTED pastures
you want the animal to pick up your non selected worms
Quarantine procedure – preferred is 60 days isolation (30 days minimum)
Testing During Quarantine:
CAE ~ don’t test if under 6 months of age – may get inaccurate results
Medical Issues to Address During Quarantine:
Foot rot – may be wise to assume you purchased it and foot trim and foot soak
foot rot is a bacteria – it is not caused by damp conditions or lack of hoof care
it is solely transmitted animal to animal
most common disease in sheep
there are 20 sub types of foot rot – some much worse than others
foot rot does NOT live in the soil for years – that is a serious myth at most it is there a
couple of days
--foot soak: 10% Zinc Sulfate
Quarantine Drench – to help avoid introducing drug resistant worms
--isolate animals to barn, dry lot or a sacrifice pasture not used for other sheep
--use more than one dewormer class, one of which should be cydectin and the other
probably levamisole (Prohibit)
--manure sample worm egg counts should be negative prior to turnout with other animals
do sample 2-3 weeks after deworming
--release from quarantine onto YOUR INFECTED pastures
you want the animal to pick up your non selected worms