SteepedInSheep
Overrun with beasties
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It's been a learning curve trying to figure out how to manage parasites in my herd. We unfortunately lost a buckling last year due to anemia from parasites and I didn't catch the symptoms until it was too late.
We bought a new buck in oct, a 1 yr old boer (and was dewormed the day we bought him). I noticed he was acting a but sluggish day before yesterday so I collected a fecal sample and saw a lot of eggs. We dewormed him yesterday with fenbendazole and gave him redcell, as well as a vitamin b shot.
Main question at the moment is does this all sound like we're doing the right things? Anything else to add?
Is it redundant to give him redcell if we're also giving him the vitamin b shots?
He thankfully still has an appetite and is eating goat feed and hay but he has definitely lost weight and his eyelid is pale.
We bought a new buck in oct, a 1 yr old boer (and was dewormed the day we bought him). I noticed he was acting a but sluggish day before yesterday so I collected a fecal sample and saw a lot of eggs. We dewormed him yesterday with fenbendazole and gave him redcell, as well as a vitamin b shot.
Main question at the moment is does this all sound like we're doing the right things? Anything else to add?
Is it redundant to give him redcell if we're also giving him the vitamin b shots?
He thankfully still has an appetite and is eating goat feed and hay but he has definitely lost weight and his eyelid is pale.