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03-25-2017, 10:51 AM
My friend, Debbi Otta, who has been caring for my goats while I've been recovering from total knee replacement surgery came over on Tuesday and we trimmed hooves & gave Calvalry 9 CD&T to 9 goats. Debbi is a licensed vet tech and she and her husband, Eldon, bought Pac-Man from Nanno & Phil plus have another wether for packing. I 'm still limited in what I can/am allowed to do. Debbi has been an angel!
Wednesday when I went out to feed 4 of the goats were very lame. Debbi came over and we checked them. One had a 104.1* temperature. There was heat at the injection site of the 4 but not the other 5 goats. We gave Banamine (IM in the rump muscle) to the 4 assuming they'd be better in 24 hours.
Thursday 2 of the 4 were barely lame so I didn't give them Banamine. The other 2 were still in rough shape so I gave them Banamine.
Friday all 4 were in bad shape with 2 of them being extremely lame and one actually bending his head at the pole and holding his neck and head arched to the right. I panicked seeing that! I left a message for my vet. Debbi came over and with her help we went over the 4 goats "with a fine toothed comb." There were large swellings at the injection sites, swollen elbow and knee joints, heat going from the injection sites and spreading under the armpit and down the leg. The goat that had the 104.1* temp on Wednesday had a 101.8* temp so was in the normal range.
The vet called and we described everything that was going on to him. He said it is not uncommon for this type of reaction. He said it usually takes a week for the goat to recover from the reaction and to give Banamine every 24 hours until there are no more symptoms and to then give it one more time.
All 4 goats were better within a few hours after the Banamine injection each time it was given. All injection were given IM in the rump muscle.
I looked through my records and have never had a single goat have a reaction to Cavalry 9. Debbi and I both purchased the vaccine from our goat vet and the vaccines had the same serial numbers. None of her goats had a reaction and only 4 of the 9 of my goats had a reaction. All of my goats get the Cavalry 9 CD&T vaccination annually. Why the reaction this time? Who knows. I hope they get better quickly. It's hard seeing them hurt.
Here is a link to a video I took of Sugar, my 1 1/2 year old mini Alpine doe, showing how she was pussy footing on Wednesday. She gets "photo bombed" by a few of the other goats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqFY1jc...e=youtu.be
Wednesday when I went out to feed 4 of the goats were very lame. Debbi came over and we checked them. One had a 104.1* temperature. There was heat at the injection site of the 4 but not the other 5 goats. We gave Banamine (IM in the rump muscle) to the 4 assuming they'd be better in 24 hours.
Thursday 2 of the 4 were barely lame so I didn't give them Banamine. The other 2 were still in rough shape so I gave them Banamine.
Friday all 4 were in bad shape with 2 of them being extremely lame and one actually bending his head at the pole and holding his neck and head arched to the right. I panicked seeing that! I left a message for my vet. Debbi came over and with her help we went over the 4 goats "with a fine toothed comb." There were large swellings at the injection sites, swollen elbow and knee joints, heat going from the injection sites and spreading under the armpit and down the leg. The goat that had the 104.1* temp on Wednesday had a 101.8* temp so was in the normal range.
The vet called and we described everything that was going on to him. He said it is not uncommon for this type of reaction. He said it usually takes a week for the goat to recover from the reaction and to give Banamine every 24 hours until there are no more symptoms and to then give it one more time.
All 4 goats were better within a few hours after the Banamine injection each time it was given. All injection were given IM in the rump muscle.
I looked through my records and have never had a single goat have a reaction to Cavalry 9. Debbi and I both purchased the vaccine from our goat vet and the vaccines had the same serial numbers. None of her goats had a reaction and only 4 of the 9 of my goats had a reaction. All of my goats get the Cavalry 9 CD&T vaccination annually. Why the reaction this time? Who knows. I hope they get better quickly. It's hard seeing them hurt.
Here is a link to a video I took of Sugar, my 1 1/2 year old mini Alpine doe, showing how she was pussy footing on Wednesday. She gets "photo bombed" by a few of the other goats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqFY1jc...e=youtu.be
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