Help! Unknown illness in my goat!

[The Ranch Girl]

My 2 and a half yr old goat who kidded about 7 weeks ago has had a strange illness going on.
It started nine days after she kidded I was noticing she was having trouble walking on her back legs and a day after that couldn't use them at all. The vet suggested it could be milk fever so we gave her calcium and a B complex shot and we read she should start acting better after that but nothing improved. After lots of research we came to the conclusion it was probably meaningeal worn aka brain or deer worm so we took some of her feces to the vet to do testing and treated her with safeguard and banamine for five days, the vet told us she had no worms or parasites but the brain worm in not traceable by feces or blood. She was soon able to walk much better and we thought it ok. I know spinal injuries (from the brain worm) take a while to heal but the last couple a days she got worse but still able to stand, everytime the billy annoys her she tries to run and flips over on her back. I also noticed very heavy amounts of dry skin shedding along with scabs all over her body and if you take them off puss and blood comes out, also lots of hair shedding but no bald spots. I'm at a loss for words and I have no clue what this is. She is a very sweet baby and always comes to me for help when the billy gets to her. Please if anyone knows anything about It I would really appreciate the help I really don't want to lose her.

 

[Finnie]

My 2 and a half yr old goat who kidded about 7 weeks ago has had a strange illness going on.
It started nine days after she kidded I was noticing she was having trouble walking on her back legs and a day after that couldn't use them at all. The vet suggested it could be milk fever so we gave her calcium and a B complex shot and we read she should start acting better after that but nothing improved. After lots of research we came to the conclusion it was probably meaningeal worn aka brain or deer worm so we took some of her feces to the vet to do testing and treated her with safeguard and banamine for five days, the vet told us she had no worms or parasites but the brain worm in not traceable by feces or blood. She was soon able to walk much better and we thought it ok. I know spinal injuries (from the brain worm) take a while to heal but the last couple a days she got worse but still able to stand, everytime the billy annoys her she tries to run and flips over on her back. I also noticed very heavy amounts of dry skin shedding along with scabs all over her body and if you take them off puss and blood comes out, also lots of hair shedding but no bald spots. I'm at a loss for words and I have no clue what this is. She is a very sweet baby and always comes to me for help when the billy gets to her. Please if anyone knows anything about It I would really appreciate the help I really don't want to lose her.

I wish I could help you. I am not a goat owner. But I do know the goaties often recommend BoSe when skin had coat issues are involved because those are signs of selenium and/or copper deficiency. And then they ask “are you in a selenium deficient area of the country?”

But with pus and blood, I would suspect some kind of infection. Has your goat vet come to the limit of their goat knowledge?

Hopefully some goat people will be along soon to help you. @Mini Horses @rachels.haven
Atm, I’m having trouble thinking of more goat people to tag. Oh- @Ridgetop

 

[Finnie]

@Baymule might know if east Texas is selenium deficient.

 

[The Ranch Girl]

I wish I could help you. I am not a goat owner. But I do know the goaties often recommend BoSe when skin had coat issues are involved because those are signs of selenium and/or copper deficiency. And then they ask “are you in a selenium deficient area of the country?”

But with pus and blood, I would suspect some kind of infection. Has your goat vet come to the limit of their goat knowledge?

Hopefully some goat people will be along soon to help you. @Mini Horses @rachels.haven
Atm, I’m having trouble thinking of more goat people to tag. Oh- @Ridgetop

They have a goat block full off all those minerals and our lose minerals have selenium in it

 

[Baymule]

Poor goat! I have no idea what is wrong with her. I’d try another vet.

 

[The Ranch Girl]

We think it could be a zinc deficiency, is that possible?

 

[Baymule]

Minerals are a tricky thing. Deficiency shows up in various ways. If you are thinking a zinc deficiency, it wouldn’t hurt to try it.

You might want to study up on that and make sure any extra passes out in urine or feces and doesn’t build up like copper builds up in a sheep’s liver.