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Brandywine
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The goat is primarily affected on the rear limb, circumferentially, from the hock joint (superior) or point of hock all the way to her hoof (inferior).
If she was a horse, it would be most correct to say her entire canon bone area was involved. I've not seen that term applied to goats or, my primary area of anatomical study, dogs.
The macro photographs that came out best were of the distal/inferior part of the affected area, but I assure you, the entire limb from hock joint/point of hock to hoof is affected, as you can see from the first photos. The crusting was worse higher up, just under the point of the hock.
I did a good scrub today, bucket of warm water and fels naptha and a stiff bristle brush. This made a rather repulsive goat-crud soup. Her right leg, which was not nearly as bad, also got a good scrub with a fresh bucket. She was remarkably tolerant of this, so I think the scrub felt good. I did slather on the bag balm afterwards.
She already looks better.
I will follow up with an injection of ivomec if she does not continue to improve. I used up my bottle yesterday, so I won't have any until my order comes in.
I was planning on taking both does to a friend's buck in the next week or so. How long ought I to wait before exposing other goats to her?
Neither her sister nor their four wethers seem to be affected at all.
It looks much better
If she was a horse, it would be most correct to say her entire canon bone area was involved. I've not seen that term applied to goats or, my primary area of anatomical study, dogs.
The macro photographs that came out best were of the distal/inferior part of the affected area, but I assure you, the entire limb from hock joint/point of hock to hoof is affected, as you can see from the first photos. The crusting was worse higher up, just under the point of the hock.
I did a good scrub today, bucket of warm water and fels naptha and a stiff bristle brush. This made a rather repulsive goat-crud soup. Her right leg, which was not nearly as bad, also got a good scrub with a fresh bucket. She was remarkably tolerant of this, so I think the scrub felt good. I did slather on the bag balm afterwards.
She already looks better.
I will follow up with an injection of ivomec if she does not continue to improve. I used up my bottle yesterday, so I won't have any until my order comes in.
I was planning on taking both does to a friend's buck in the next week or so. How long ought I to wait before exposing other goats to her?
Neither her sister nor their four wethers seem to be affected at all.
It looks much better
