Kid with CL???? Pics on page 2

[dhansen]

Can a 1 month old kid have CL? My little buckling has a lump on his jaw, but it almost seems like it's bone, rather than an absess. It is solid and doesn't move. My does came from a CAE CL free herd so I don't know.

 

[Roll farms]

Incubation is typically 3-6 mos. I've *never* seen a kid w/ CL. Ever. And I have CL+ does.
Salivary cyst?
Best way to *know* is have a vet look at / lance / test to be sure, but if I were wagering, I'd bet "no".

 

[dhansen]

The thing is that it is hard as a rock, not like a cyst or boil. I will watch to see if it grows/changes for a few weeks and possibly have "goat friend" look at it before I go to the vet. $ is scarce and vets are very expensive.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

There's two things I'd be looking for on a kid that age- one would be milk goiters (if there are two and they are symmetrical) and the other would be an abscess from a sharp piece of hay. Our very first bottle baby got an abscess below the jaw and our vet explained that often when they're first sampling hay they aren't chewing well and a sharp piece will puncture the throat and "migrate." It typically causes a pretty good sized abscess, but it most certainly is not CL. He lanced it, we did a round of antibiotics, and the baby was fine in no time at all.

I'd check for a fever first thing. If he's running a temp then it's a safe bet that's an infection from a sharp piece of hay. Ours had a high fever without ever going off his bottle, so little piggies like that can sometimes hide infection.

 

[ThornyRidgeII]

where on jaw .. is it around tooth? could it be a tooth.. maybe coming in?

 

[poorboys]

remember the doe I was talking about, that was borned with a lump under her eye, or so I thought, i made a vet appointement, and then cancel because it looked like it was going away, now to my dismay she has a lump on both sides of her jaws, looks like a chipmuck, so off to the vet she goes on wed. this week, i'll let you know what they say, but like i said she was born with this, never seen anything like it before.

 

[poorboys]

I'M WITH SMITHURMOND ON THIS, I LOOKED UP AN ARTICLE ON MILK GOITER, AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE WHAT MY DOELING HAS, STILL TAKING HER TO VET. AND PLUS CL DOES'NT USUALLY SHOW UP ON A GOAT UNTILL AROUND 8 MONTHS OLD.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I had a kid with milk goiter last year, she indeed looked chipmunky. But she wasn't born with it, it developed because of her singleton gluttony and her dam's rich milk.

 

[poorboys]

THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING HER TO THE VET, IT JUST CONCERNS ME CAUSE SHE WAS BORN WITH IT IT REALLY DOSEN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER. HER TWIN SISTER DIED, THE DAY AFTER THEY WERE BORN AND SHE LOOKED HEALTHER THAN THIS ONE., AND THE DOE THAT HAD THEM NOW HAS ONE UDDER THAT DOE'SNT HARDLY PRODUCE AND SHE WAS MY HEAVEIST MILKER. I KNOW IF THEY DON'T NURSE ONE SIDE, THAT SIDE COULD DRY UP, BUT SHE WASN'T LEFT NOT BEING NURSED OR MILKED OUT. JUST ONE OF THOSE WHAT THE HECK HAPPEN???

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING HER TO THE VET, IT JUST CONCERNS ME CAUSE SHE WAS BORN WITH IT IT REALLY DOSEN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER. HER TWIN SISTER DIED, THE DAY AFTER THEY WERE BORN AND SHE LOOKED HEALTHER THAN THIS ONE., AND THE DOE THAT HAD THEM NOW HAS ONE UDDER THAT DOE'SNT HARDLY PRODUCE AND SHE WAS MY HEAVEIST MILKER. I KNOW IF THEY DON'T NURSE ONE SIDE, THAT SIDE COULD DRY UP, BUT SHE WASN'T LEFT NOT BEING NURSED OR MILKED OUT. JUST ONE OF THOSE WHAT THE HECK HAPPEN???

If I remember correctly, kids can be born with goiter caused by iodine deficiency. I don't know much else about it, but maybe it'd be worth asking the about.