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TGreenhut
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Oh ok that's interesting...
Goat with diarrhea AGAIN
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As far as *I* know, sulfamethazine won't touch intestinal parasites....
Did the packaging from the vet say that?
Did the packaging from the vet say that?
20kidsonhill
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Do you have any other wormers already at the farm?
A fecal test can be very helpful figuring out what you are dealing with. Don't let it go to the point the goat is off feed and getting run down. If that is the case I would just take a sample in and worm them, then see what the fecal test revealed.
If you vet doesn't get back with you until the next day with the results, and the doe continues to scour and starts to look off I would start worming.
liquid Safegaurd would be a good one to start with. You can get a small bottle for $20. It is given at the rate of 3x the label dosage and you can give it 3 days in a row.
Ivermectin is a wormer that people are using that are milking and drinking the milk. Some people drink the milk right away and some people are waiting a few days after worming. Ivermectin does not treat tapeworms and in my opinion isn't always very helpful with heavy wormloads.
A fecal test can be very helpful figuring out what you are dealing with. Don't let it go to the point the goat is off feed and getting run down. If that is the case I would just take a sample in and worm them, then see what the fecal test revealed.
If you vet doesn't get back with you until the next day with the results, and the doe continues to scour and starts to look off I would start worming.
liquid Safegaurd would be a good one to start with. You can get a small bottle for $20. It is given at the rate of 3x the label dosage and you can give it 3 days in a row.
Ivermectin is a wormer that people are using that are milking and drinking the milk. Some people drink the milk right away and some people are waiting a few days after worming. Ivermectin does not treat tapeworms and in my opinion isn't always very helpful with heavy wormloads.
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TGreenhut
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I already have a wormer I used with my chickens that can be used for goats so I will give them that. Their poop is now like dog poop, there's no more diarrhea, so maybe it was something they ate but I'm not sure what that would be. I will still worm them though.
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Sure, just throw whatever you got at them w/out knowing what worms they might even have. Wonderful. It might even accidently work.
elevan
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Worming with the wrong type of dewormer will only result in:
1. the worms not being eliminated
2. creating resistance to dewormers within your herd
3. possibly the death of your animals because of 1.
1. the worms not being eliminated
2. creating resistance to dewormers within your herd
3. possibly the death of your animals because of 1.
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TGreenhut
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Ok then I won't give them the wormer until I get them tested this weekend. Thats the soonest I can get it because of work. I thought I would follow 20kidsonhill advice on giving them what I have until I can manage getting their fecal tested. But if you guys suggest otherwise than I'll wait.
20kidsonhill
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Actually, I was just wondering if you did, what kind you had? If your doe starts to look off and laying around, I would do something sooner for her.TGreenhut said:
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Well, now, that's a horse of a different color.
If you can't run the fecal now, go ahead and deworm her (no sense letting her get worse....) and hope what you have will do it.
I would still def. have the fecal ran.
Once you've given the dewormer, you may just get back a 'clean' fecal showing few worm eggs...at least then you'll know if the dewormer worked.
If you get results that still show a lot of eggs...you'll know it's NOT working.
I just prefer to know what I'm trying to kill and try to use the best thing I have for the job.
Here's some GOOD reading on parasites / dewormers / resistance issues.
http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/training/parasites.html
If you can't run the fecal now, go ahead and deworm her (no sense letting her get worse....) and hope what you have will do it.
I would still def. have the fecal ran.
Once you've given the dewormer, you may just get back a 'clean' fecal showing few worm eggs...at least then you'll know if the dewormer worked.
If you get results that still show a lot of eggs...you'll know it's NOT working.
I just prefer to know what I'm trying to kill and try to use the best thing I have for the job.
Here's some GOOD reading on parasites / dewormers / resistance issues.
http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/training/parasites.html
