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Posted by GoatWorld on March 19, 2002 at 12:44:44:

Hi folks,

I'm so busy I don't know what I'm doing half the time and certainly have not been spending enough time here. Anyway, this is a follow-up to the Mastitis thread a few days ago. The treatment I used successfully was this:

3 cc's of Penicillin G and 1 cc of Gentamicin - alternate every 12 hours and milk the infected teat each time. The first injection should be the Penicillin G - 12 hours later, the Gentamicin, 12 hours later Penicillin G....etc. Milk out the infected teat each time. It was brought to my attention that you want to be very careful in using Gentamicin though as it leaves a residue that has a very long withdrawal time. So it is not recommended for use on goats that are used for milk or meat. Also, as some of the others pointed out, it is a good idea to milk off the infected teat into a plastic, zip-loc bag, and freeze it in case you need to have it tested for the type of mastitis it is.

For the most part, the Natural Goat Care book points out that Mastitis can occur because of a nutritional imbalance. Just about any dairy animal that is lacking/overfed any of the given vitamins or minerals such as magnesium or calcium, are likely candidates for Mastitis.

Now my question is this: have any of you that have ever had a goat with Mastitis, fed back the infected milk to the doe or to the kids? I have heard this is a rememdy against that same form of Mastitis reappearing or being passed on to the kid(s). At the dairy farm (cow), calves are fed back the mastitic milk and I asked why. The answer was that the young calves would develop an immunity to that particular form. Makes sense but I can't imagine it would be the most palatable liquid in the world. And since I've not yet seen any of these calves grow to milking age, I can't vouch for the validity. The goat that I treated for Mastitis as I mentioned above, I did feed her back some of the milk and she has not yet shown Mastitis again. Perhaps it works. I know however that her kids wouldn't nurse from the infected teat at all - even after she had been treated.

Best regards,

Gary Pfalzbot


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