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Hi there, I raise San Clemente Island Goats, and brought in 2 new does from VA to CA in September. In a separate thread I've addressed the Coccidia & worms they have and I've been trying to treat for months, and have just completed an intense Herbal treatment, will retest them next week. Meanwhile, I just tested my 3 other does, and they each came back with Coccidia, not heavy load, and one has Whipworms 50 egg, which I've never had turn up on a fecal here with 7 years of goats.
I am consulting my vet. He did consult with the UC Davis pathologist and parasitologist, and because the goats are symptom free, they think the Coccidia brought by the VA goats is of a kind that doesn't cause symptoms. With the 3 goats just tested, I did a FAMACHA (I am untrained) and it looked like a #4, light pink, which I believe needs treatment. However, I'm not sure he is familiar with FAMACHA scoring - he said he didn't think it needed treatment, and he is recommending blood tests if I really want to know(very expensive).
He is also not recommending treatment on the goats with no symptoms, which makes sense to me in terms of not contributing to resistant parasites. But whipworm??? I've never had that show up here before.
The goat with whipworm has 2750 Coccida, 50 whipworm. Do I need to treat this whipworm and with what? It freaks me out to not treat this.
I am consulting my vet. He did consult with the UC Davis pathologist and parasitologist, and because the goats are symptom free, they think the Coccidia brought by the VA goats is of a kind that doesn't cause symptoms. With the 3 goats just tested, I did a FAMACHA (I am untrained) and it looked like a #4, light pink, which I believe needs treatment. However, I'm not sure he is familiar with FAMACHA scoring - he said he didn't think it needed treatment, and he is recommending blood tests if I really want to know(very expensive).
He is also not recommending treatment on the goats with no symptoms, which makes sense to me in terms of not contributing to resistant parasites. But whipworm??? I've never had that show up here before.
The goat with whipworm has 2750 Coccida, 50 whipworm. Do I need to treat this whipworm and with what? It freaks me out to not treat this.