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Help! Anemic Goat, Treatment? Proper Injection of Duravet Iron-100 Injectable Iron?

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I have a severely anemic adult alpine wether. His eyes lids are near white. I started treatment as soon as I saw that he had bottle jaw. His breathing is very accelerated and he has had a dry cough for sometime that I thought was a result of dry dusty alfalfa until I saw the bottle jaw. Today is DAY 8 of treatment. I am located too rurally for any veterinary services; so, regrettably, it's all on us. He is a black goat and shows signs of copper deficiency (red hair tips, fish tail). I have ordered copper boluses but they won't arrive for another week and no stores within a 12 hour drive carries them. He weighs around 230lbs. He is off his pasture and in an area with little risk of parasites. He currently has access to a free choice mineral (Bar*Ale Western Sweet Goat Mineral) and a "Billy Block". Though for the past few months he only had access to the weak MannaPro mineral from TSC. We have never had parasites in our herd before and have never had to worm them in the past 8 years. However, our goats spent some time in someone's horse pen this past winter and I suspect picked up something from there.

Treatment thus far:
  • Ivermectin 1% solution @ 1ml/40# orally, on DAY 1
  • Following the suggested dose of Red Cell at 6cc/100#, I have been giving 16cc of Red Cell orally, everyday for 7 days with only minor improvement to his eye color. I will now start dosing at a rate of 16cc/week
-On DAY 4, I gave 20cc of B-Complex
-DAY 5, bottle jaw lessens
-DAY 7, Bottle jaw returns, At the suggested dose of 1ml/25# of albendazole(Valbazen), I gave 10ml orally.
-DAY 8, bottle jaw returns, B-complex and selenium oral paste

Questions:
-Should I use injectable Iron at this point? If so, IM or SQ injection? And if IM, then how does one tell if I am hitting a vein or blood vessel when Iron solution is too dark to see blood while pulling the syringe plunger? Regarding injectable iron, I get conflicting suggestions of dose and method from reading around:

"Injectable iron is 4 cc per 100#...so 2 cc for 50# sub Q once daily for a week then once a week until lid color improves..."

"...for an adult I give 3 CC's IM."

-Should I continue with injectable or oral B-vitamins? If so, what dose?
-I have Merrick's Blue Ribbon Power Punch, should I use it now that I have stopped Red Cell daily? Should I use it instead of, or in addition to the B vitamins?
-Any further suggestions or guidance?

Thank you all!
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I would continue with injectable B Complex. I would give probiotics daily. I would do flat dark beer. I haven't used injectable iron in a long time so not sure.
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Injectable pig iron Is 1 cc per 25#. Sub q. This product sometimes cause a anaphylactic response. Have epinephrine (1 cc per 100#IM) or a large dose of Benadryl in a syringe ready to dose if needed. Do not use both red cell and Injectable. S
Choose one or the other
Bottle jaw will come and go. Once anemia is under control it should subside. Don't be tempted to over deworm, this will not correct bottle jaw.
I find 30 cc of 50/50 mix of ACV/water really helps speed recovery. Once a day.
Continue the b complex and daily probiotics
High protien feed and safe browse foods like pine, cedar, vines all help rebuild red blood cells.
Daily raw garlic always a good thing to give
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Thank you all for the responses! I have started the ACV drench and am giving good feed. I will continue the B vits. And at this point I will wait on the injectable iron until I have epinephrine around. Especially since I have done the Red Cell. I will update you all as he progresses. Thanks again!
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Please keep us updated. Post pictures too
Anemia takes time to recover from. If he is still dangerously pale, you can do another week of daily red cell..just watch for improvement and cut back to once a week until he's a 3.

Best wishes
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Very good advice, hope she will be ok.
Anemia takes time to recover from. If he is still dangerously pale, you can do another week of daily red cell..just watch for improvement and cut back to once a week until he's a 3.

Best wishes
That's great to know! I will continue Red Cell then. For clarity, do you mean I should cut back the RC to weekly once he is a 3? Or after he starts showing any pink?
For clarity, do you mean I should cut back the RC to weekly once he is a 3? Or after he starts showing any pink?
If the famacha is dangerously white you can do another week of daily until you see color, then go back to once a week until you see a 3. For ex: If you see better color by day 3, go to weekly until you see a 3.
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