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Hello all!
I have a 3 year old Boer doe, 2 4 year old Spanish Wethers, a 4 year old Kiko Doe, three 9 month old Boki doelings and a 9 month old Boer wether.
The two Boki doelings are fine, scoring at the top level ( a 1 )on Famancha, and their fecals are clean.
The three wethers, and the boer doe are consisitently scoring at a 3 on Famancha.
The Kiko doe is consistently scoring a 4, and the boer doeling is a 5 (!!!!).
I've never had a worm problem with my herd until this summer, and it came on sudden. I had another boer doe that stayed at a famancha of 3, dipped down to a 1 and died.
I have had several McMasters surveys done and each one reveals a high load of Barberpole, and more recently coccidia is starting to elevate. The Boer doeling and the Kiko exhibits signs with occasional scouring and poor appetite. The Kiko is severely underweight, and is consistently eating only half her normal ration. These are the only two that are symptomatic. The boer doeling is now stunted, and half the size of the other babies.
This has been going on all summer.
I have wormed with everything at this point, ivermectin, valbazen, strongid horse paste, cydectin pour on, and cydectin sheep drench. Each wormer was done 2-3 times, ten days between. The fecals after each worming show lower numbers, but not enough to fix the problem, and the numbers are back up by the time it is ok to worm again.
The vets feel that the coccidia is due to the enormous stress on my herd right now, and is being treated with Dimeth monthly at 1cc per 10 lbs.
I am treating anemic animals with redcell daily.
They are fed a mixture of granulated goat pellets (17%). The does are getting some dairy feed mixed in as well. They have fresh water at all time, and water troughs are cleaned regularly. The barn is thoroughly cleaned weekly, as are feed troughs. Pastures are large, and well maintained, and we have been rotating, though at this point I doubt there is a "clean" pasture left.
I lost my doe doe about a month ago, she went quickly. However, with no real signs of improvement, I think that all the effort put in by my vets and I are doing nothing more than keeping the two sick ones alive instead of fixing the problems. All three of the vets that I have been consulting have now told me that they dont really know what else to try.
This is not just weak genes, these goats were all fine with no problems with worms until this summer. The boer doeling is a cull, but the Kiko doe, Lily, is not a cull animal. I see her going downhill again, she is very special to me, I dont want to bury her!
I am hoping that someone in here can offer some sort of suggestion on what else I can try. I tried to be thorough, but if you need more information, please ask.
I have a 3 year old Boer doe, 2 4 year old Spanish Wethers, a 4 year old Kiko Doe, three 9 month old Boki doelings and a 9 month old Boer wether.
The two Boki doelings are fine, scoring at the top level ( a 1 )on Famancha, and their fecals are clean.
The three wethers, and the boer doe are consisitently scoring at a 3 on Famancha.
The Kiko doe is consistently scoring a 4, and the boer doeling is a 5 (!!!!).
I've never had a worm problem with my herd until this summer, and it came on sudden. I had another boer doe that stayed at a famancha of 3, dipped down to a 1 and died.
I have had several McMasters surveys done and each one reveals a high load of Barberpole, and more recently coccidia is starting to elevate. The Boer doeling and the Kiko exhibits signs with occasional scouring and poor appetite. The Kiko is severely underweight, and is consistently eating only half her normal ration. These are the only two that are symptomatic. The boer doeling is now stunted, and half the size of the other babies.
This has been going on all summer.
I have wormed with everything at this point, ivermectin, valbazen, strongid horse paste, cydectin pour on, and cydectin sheep drench. Each wormer was done 2-3 times, ten days between. The fecals after each worming show lower numbers, but not enough to fix the problem, and the numbers are back up by the time it is ok to worm again.
The vets feel that the coccidia is due to the enormous stress on my herd right now, and is being treated with Dimeth monthly at 1cc per 10 lbs.
I am treating anemic animals with redcell daily.
They are fed a mixture of granulated goat pellets (17%). The does are getting some dairy feed mixed in as well. They have fresh water at all time, and water troughs are cleaned regularly. The barn is thoroughly cleaned weekly, as are feed troughs. Pastures are large, and well maintained, and we have been rotating, though at this point I doubt there is a "clean" pasture left.
I lost my doe doe about a month ago, she went quickly. However, with no real signs of improvement, I think that all the effort put in by my vets and I are doing nothing more than keeping the two sick ones alive instead of fixing the problems. All three of the vets that I have been consulting have now told me that they dont really know what else to try.
This is not just weak genes, these goats were all fine with no problems with worms until this summer. The boer doeling is a cull, but the Kiko doe, Lily, is not a cull animal. I see her going downhill again, she is very special to me, I dont want to bury her!
I am hoping that someone in here can offer some sort of suggestion on what else I can try. I tried to be thorough, but if you need more information, please ask.
