HELP! Pics included..

[HeidiO]

It sounds like rain rot to me too, my horses would get it when it was spring.
Also, I think CL takes longer to show up.

 

[babsbag]

Praying that the test will be negative.

@HeidiO the incubation period for CL can be very short, less than a month.

@fiset94 So I am guessing that the place they went for breeding is not a tested herd? But hang in there, I have had goats with some gnarly abscesses and lumps and non of them have been CL. So is the goat in quarantine right now? You DO NOT want that busting open in your pens...did the vet lance it and drain it?

 

[fiset94]

Yes... in Alcatraz... Poor thing. I feel so bad but the vet said to keep her locked away until the test comes back. The vet didn't lance it because " It is just starting to fill and there isn't even enough to drain out".... But it is the size of a golf ball and hard. ... She did an Ultrasound to come to that conclusion...

She used a needle and pulled out some gunk to send away to be tested... she told me to apply hot compresses to it daily and that it should break open in about 3 days.- and to call when it does.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Hang in there

Like the others said keep her separated, just in case.

A lot of people always assume a goat has CL when a lump shows up but many things can cause lumps so please try not to stress to much

Have you seen these?

 

[lkmartin1230]

ACV will get rid of lice, fleas, and ticks. I thought that you rubbed it on them,that's what I get for listening to the internet,you actually put it in their water. But, make sure you have another trough with just water so, if they don't like the taste, they won't dehydrate.

 

[HeidiO]

I guess I've read so many different opinions online I gave up. I had a scare with a lump also. I gave vaccines and had been doing them all in the armpit. One of my wethers got squirrely and in a pinch I put it in his flank. Forgot all about it, he got an abcess and I totally panicked. After freaking out I remembered. I still treated him carefully, but he was from a closed herd and I'm not sure where he would have picked it up otherwise.
Anyway, hopefully you are dealing with something minor. Good luck!

 

[fiset94]

Well biopsy came back as positive.

I had the rest of the herd tested via blood sample sent away to WADDL - I have a strong feeling that the other doe sent to be bred with the positive one is also infected.

My only hope now is that the rest of the herd is clean. When I contacted the breeder with the Bucks - she informed me that there was a doe that came to her farm prior to my two does... This other Doe had a small absess under her chin and the owner didn't mention it to the owner of the bucks.

Hence... the CL started spreading...

Now.. That poor lady with the bucks lost ALL but four of her goats to CL- Including both her stud goats..... When I went to drop off my "alcatraz" goat to her... I saw her herd and it was such a shame. ( She will Slaughter the CL goats)

Tomorrow is the day that I get the test results back and I am so nervous that I too will loose my entire herd.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That stinks so bad. Sorry you're having to go through this.

 

[HeidiO]

So sorry to hear this.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I'm soooooooooo sorry