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07-17-2017, 12:28 AM
I'm sorry about Tigerlily's newborn, I'm thinking about breeding my does this year and just thinking of waiting for 5 months to have a life lost is crushing.
No diagnosis, and waiting on the pending anaplasmosis test is frustrating. Anaplasmosis is rare around here, so regardless of the symptoms matching up 100% the test may not be reliable. I guess it's hard to catch it through testing. I've been able to do frequent CBC's for Huck and Kivu, through out the past week and it's obvious that there is something eating up some of their WBC. Their neutrophils should be 30%-40% and Huck's is 12%, Kivu's 10%. At this point we are going to treat them before the results are back, starting tomorrow. Kivu's CBC had some interesting findings on the pathology report that pointed toward anaplasmosis, or a virus, but said that due to the EDTA in the test tube it couldn't be a viable source. Tomorrow I have someone coming over to help me get some slides made of Kivu's whole blood, straight from the vein to see if it was the chemical or if what they saw is actually happening. It sucks because I want to treat them with oxytetracycline now but I don't want to compromise the only sample that could give me an answer. After I hear from the pathologist about her CBC, and get Yukon's anaplasmosis test back, regardless of the results, I will have to let it go and accept that I saved 7 of 8 goats in my herd. And that Yukon will always live in our hearts, and will continue to travel the trail with us in spirit.
It's been 16 days, and my brain is consumed with it, and the lack of answers. I'm trying to look forward, and that's tough too. It's been suggested that no goats leave for 6 weeks to not pass on whatever illness it may be. That means my only confirmed packer in training Pluto will be completely out of shape and all the weekly conditioning we did will be gone. Obviously I'm not bringing any goats into this mess anytime soon, but I have considered breeding a couple of my does this year. Ironically my buckling was supposed to get castrated on July 5th but since everyone was sick the vet said to reschedule. I wish I had more of an eye for pack goat conformation, maybe i'll reach out to you guys at some point. It would be nice to get opinions on the match ups.
No diagnosis, and waiting on the pending anaplasmosis test is frustrating. Anaplasmosis is rare around here, so regardless of the symptoms matching up 100% the test may not be reliable. I guess it's hard to catch it through testing. I've been able to do frequent CBC's for Huck and Kivu, through out the past week and it's obvious that there is something eating up some of their WBC. Their neutrophils should be 30%-40% and Huck's is 12%, Kivu's 10%. At this point we are going to treat them before the results are back, starting tomorrow. Kivu's CBC had some interesting findings on the pathology report that pointed toward anaplasmosis, or a virus, but said that due to the EDTA in the test tube it couldn't be a viable source. Tomorrow I have someone coming over to help me get some slides made of Kivu's whole blood, straight from the vein to see if it was the chemical or if what they saw is actually happening. It sucks because I want to treat them with oxytetracycline now but I don't want to compromise the only sample that could give me an answer. After I hear from the pathologist about her CBC, and get Yukon's anaplasmosis test back, regardless of the results, I will have to let it go and accept that I saved 7 of 8 goats in my herd. And that Yukon will always live in our hearts, and will continue to travel the trail with us in spirit.
It's been 16 days, and my brain is consumed with it, and the lack of answers. I'm trying to look forward, and that's tough too. It's been suggested that no goats leave for 6 weeks to not pass on whatever illness it may be. That means my only confirmed packer in training Pluto will be completely out of shape and all the weekly conditioning we did will be gone. Obviously I'm not bringing any goats into this mess anytime soon, but I have considered breeding a couple of my does this year. Ironically my buckling was supposed to get castrated on July 5th but since everyone was sick the vet said to reschedule. I wish I had more of an eye for pack goat conformation, maybe i'll reach out to you guys at some point. It would be nice to get opinions on the match ups.
Today we stroll the neighborhood, someday we'll climb mountains together.. 