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  1. Health & Wellness
    I have a 3 week old goat that I’m pretty sure has joint ill in her right front knee joint. I have LA-200 for treatment and I read online that you have to increase the normal dose because of the difficulty penetrating the joint. Does anyone have experience with an appropriate dose of this...
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    Can i safely give intramuscular-shot on the site shown in green?
  3. Health & Wellness
    Hi All, I am wondering if any one has heard of injectable antibiotics being given orally, such as oxytetracycline or others. An experienced goat farmer swears by this method, but she could be totally wrong too. I'm concerned for the rumen being damaged. Any advice welcome. Thanks in advance. John
  4. Health & Wellness
    I have 25 goats, ages 2 months to 10 years, and suddenly a lot of them are showing signs of mites. I am also about to treat them for copper deficiency as that seems to be going on as well. A few of them have gross "oatmeal" flaky skin and many have thinning hair on the tips of their ears and...
  5. Health & Wellness
    I've been giving subq injections lately (fairly new to this) and sometimes it bleeds a little after I pull out the needle- not right away, but a minute or two later. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Here's what I do: clean the site, pinch the skin, inject the medicine under the skin, remove...
  6. Health & Wellness
    I have been researching and discovered I should give my goats the injectable Ivomec (ivermectin) 1% solution orally, not inject it as I have in the past. Could you please discuss what the differences are in the way it is administered, if there is a difference in the dose when administered...
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