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07-27-2017, 07:26 PM
God, I am so sorry and sadly can relate though not that badly. We had a terrible time with minerals levels one year that bleed over and cause a number of major issues with that goats. Which was why it was so hard to pin point. And it hit us outta no where. Didnt change anything cept instead of getting our alfalfa from centeral Oregon, we had to start getting it locally. When we finally started to figure out the base cause, we sent off a liver sample to WSU. Even with a few months of being on a much better and easily absorb mineral mix, multimin90 shots, fruit and vegetables with certain vitamins and minerals, even over the counter human supplements, the test came back as low end of normal for selenium and low end of low for zinc, copper and magnesium. Still have no idea why this happened. We have almost no iron in our water so that couldnt of binding the minerals. The most likely culprit we could come up with was a new cheap fertilizer that the growers in this area were using that was know to bind minerals... So I complete feel your pain and drain on the wallet.
Handsome boy.
Ivermectin doses are, injectable is 1ml per 20 lbs. and pour on given orally is 1ml per 10 lbs. Normally its two treatments at 10 days apart. Some people do 3 treatments. I dont see 4 treatments being bad for a case like this. Deer do carry a parasite called something like Meningeal Worm. Though it doesnt really sound like this would be the cause. Side note, this is one of the few parasites that a very high does of safeguard works on. Good read on this parasite here http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articl...lworm.html even if its not the cause.
Ya at $300 a bottle, its best if your friend will, just buy it by the syringe. But its ultra effective for respiratory infections. Not so good for uterine infections. We have always used banamine without out issue. Lately Ive heard talk about it destroying muscle tissue. I know it does in horses but seems to be ok with goats as far as we have seen.
Handsome boy.
Ivermectin doses are, injectable is 1ml per 20 lbs. and pour on given orally is 1ml per 10 lbs. Normally its two treatments at 10 days apart. Some people do 3 treatments. I dont see 4 treatments being bad for a case like this. Deer do carry a parasite called something like Meningeal Worm. Though it doesnt really sound like this would be the cause. Side note, this is one of the few parasites that a very high does of safeguard works on. Good read on this parasite here http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articl...lworm.html even if its not the cause.
Ya at $300 a bottle, its best if your friend will, just buy it by the syringe. But its ultra effective for respiratory infections. Not so good for uterine infections. We have always used banamine without out issue. Lately Ive heard talk about it destroying muscle tissue. I know it does in horses but seems to be ok with goats as far as we have seen.