Help: Possible Anemic/Worm Problem with 5.5 year old Alpine

[IdahoNancy]

Hello, it is uncanny that your story sounds so similar to mine. We euthanized my beautiful Alpine goat Dodge today. He was a strong goat that did great packing during our elk season two months ago. He became disinterested in food two weeks ago but kept eating just not with his normal vigor. Last Thursday He refused to eat, he had vomited in the morning. He would eat food like peanut butter sandwiches and oatmeal when I brought them to him. By Sunday he refused to eat or drink anything at all. I did blood work at the veterinarians on Monday. His eyelids were also quite pale. His blood work showed severe anemia, liver damage and low protein. We saw this similar blood work nine months ago and suspected liver flukes. We treated him with Albendazole. In March he turned around quite quickly and did well all summer. Currently he was 10 1/2 years old but strong and beautifully healthy. He declined quickly during the past couple of weeks. We were syringe feeding him water, apple juice, electrolytes, and nutri-drench. He did not improve despite injecting daily with Bantamine, thiamin, antibiotics, and a single BoSe shot and one Albendazole dose.
We are participants with the Packgoat Urinary Calculi Study being put on by NAPgA. His body is going to WA Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (WAADL) tomorrow for necropsy and retrieval of the tissues needed for the research project. Additionally, they have a parasitologist that is interested in liver flukes and will do an exam of the liver. It will be a relief to know for certain if the flukes caused his liver damage, anemia and low protein. I feel quite certain the low protein was not a dietary deficiency.
I hope your goat continues to do well. I share this story so you may consider bloodwork and the possibility of liver flukes. Sound like you care for goats with heart and compassion. Good luck.
I am in Coeur d'Alene Idaho.