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07-03-2017, 02:23 PM
Oh my goodness! This is scary and I really hope and pray your goats will all be ok. Are there any other symptoms besides lethargy and high temps? Snotty noses? Coughing? I sure hope they can bounce back. I'm sorry to hear that Yukon has a respiratory problem. I hope the vet is wrong and it's something he can recover from.
Read up on silent pneumonia. I had a goat come down with it once. He was lethargic, wouldn't eat, and had a temperature of 107.8 but didn't show any major respiratory issues (slight snotty nose was all). I didn't have banamine, so I gave aspirin to help lower his temperature and then I gave Nuflor antibiotic for a few days. He recovered very quickly and it hasn't happened again. Silent pneumonia kills very quickly if you don't catch it during the fever stage, but you obviously caught this illness early and started treatment right away. Once again, I hope all your goats make a complete recovery. It's scary when something like this happens!
Read up on silent pneumonia. I had a goat come down with it once. He was lethargic, wouldn't eat, and had a temperature of 107.8 but didn't show any major respiratory issues (slight snotty nose was all). I didn't have banamine, so I gave aspirin to help lower his temperature and then I gave Nuflor antibiotic for a few days. He recovered very quickly and it hasn't happened again. Silent pneumonia kills very quickly if you don't catch it during the fever stage, but you obviously caught this illness early and started treatment right away. Once again, I hope all your goats make a complete recovery. It's scary when something like this happens!