Lump by mouth

[rescueblonde]

If you have a lot of goats you might think about the Pasteurella pneumonia vaccine; it has made a huge difference in my herd.

Yep, mine have always gotten this vaccine. The older two does (1yr & 2yr old) got the vaccine with the breeder. The babies had not been vaccinated.

 

[babsbag]

They need to have a yearly booster; I do it the same time as the CDT, about a month before freshening begins and then some of the immunity should be passed to the kids. I don't usually do the kids until I do all the does.

Is everyone responding to the antibiotics?

 

[rescueblonde]

They need to have a yearly booster; I do it the same time as the CDT, about a month before freshening begins and then some of the immunity should be passed to the kids. I don't usually do the kids until I do all the does.

Is everyone responding to the antibiotics?

Yep, they've always gotten it yearly with me. Obviously not the new ones though because I've only had them for a couple weeks.
They're responding to antibiotics slowly but surely

 

[babsbag]

I'm glad they are getting better.

 

[rescueblonde]

Update!
Last night it was no longer swollen but had some dried blood on it. I cleaned it as I do everyday and when the dry blood washed off, it revealed a hole. The abscess is cleared out but there is a decent sized hole. It's scabbed over today so I cleaned it as usual and plan to mention it when I go into the vet's office today to pick up more antibiotics.

 

[rescueblonde]

 

[MrsKuhn]

Hugs, good catch glad the swelling went down. Hope it heals fast!

 

[rescueblonde]

Vet took a look at the picture and said the abscess ruptured but doesn't look too bad. Maggie is already on antibiotics for her URI which should help it and I'll continue cleaning it as I usually do.

 

[TAH]

How are they doing?