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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1200 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109  Rating: N/A |
It is probably worms but it could be enterotoxemia (from the sudden change in diet) too. Both will cause scouring, intestinal bleeding and death. For worms I would deworm ALL of the goats with Ivermectin injectable for cattle, GIVEN ORALLY at 1 cc per 20 pounds. This should be done 4 to 6 times a year in most herds. A good indication of a wormy goat is the color of its lower inner eyelid. It should be a deep rosy or salmon pink. If it is pale or white the goat has worms. Enterotoxemia usually starts with a goat with extreme abdominal pain, and a high fever. Worms do not cause a fever. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.176.34.118 Rating: N/A |
I know this man who has a herd of goats that has scours, not all the goats but some. There has been some that have died, he is calling it the black scour but I am wondering if it has turned black from blood were they have scoured so much? Any ways he said the only thing that he had done different was put them on a greener pasture, we have had alot of rain and he thinks they have got into something in that pasture that has caused it. Can someone give me some advice so that I can pass it on to him? |