Senior goat has fever and cough

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  1. Nov 27, 2020 #81
    NigerianDwarfOwner707

    NigerianDwarfOwner707 Well-Known Member

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    I would stop the vitamin c and continue 1 clove of garlic daily for at least another two weeks; but with a senior goat I’d keep going forever, at least one clove a week if you don’t want to do daily.
     
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  3. Nov 27, 2020 #82
    21goaties

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    Ok good, anyway once he tasted the peanut butter/garlic mix he decided that vitamin c was not good any more lol.

    So I should stop giving 4 cloves a day and go to one?
     
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  5. Nov 27, 2020 #83
    NigerianDwarfOwner707

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    Maybe taper off by doing two cloves for a few days, then one!! :)
     
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  6. Dec 5, 2020 #84
    21goaties

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    We got baermann tests done on 3 of the other goats, 2 of which had a FEW lungworm noted on their fecal a year ago.
    Got results and all 3 have high levels of both species of lungworm. One was almost as high as George's was and the other 2 were lower.
    We gave all three ivermectin today.
     
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  7. Dec 5, 2020 #85
    NigerianDwarfOwner707

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    Do you have ponds or standing water?
     
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  8. Dec 5, 2020 #86
    21goaties

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    Yes lol we are in south GA
    We just fenced off the pond this year so they can't get to it and added another large pasture.
     
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  9. Dec 5, 2020 #87
    NigerianDwarfOwner707

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    :great:
     
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  10. Dec 5, 2020 #88
    NigerianDwarfOwner707

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    Lime is good to put on soil to deter snails.
     
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  11. Dec 6, 2020 #89
    TCOLVIN

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    Yes
     
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  12. Dec 7, 2020 #90
    21goaties

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    Update on George, today he frolicked for the first time since last winter :inlove:
     
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  13. Dec 7, 2020 #91
    happybleats

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    Great to hear!!!
     
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  14. Dec 8, 2020 #92
    toth boer goats

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    Glad to hear that. :)
     
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  15. Dec 8, 2020 #93
    MadHouse

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    Yayy! :run:
     
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  16. Dec 9, 2020 #94
    MadHouse

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    I was going to ask you, did all the goats that were positive for lungworm have a cough?
    Thanks
     
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  17. Dec 9, 2020 #95
    21goaties

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    Nope. Weeks ago I heard one of them cough several times but that could have been caused by many things....now I don't know what to think! George didn't cough much either and when he did it was a dry cough. He had a couple of coughing fits and that was what made us take his temp. But his coughing could have been from the pneumonia, which we think was secondary to the lungworm infestation. Hopefully he doesn't have any lung damage. Needless to say we are going to get everybody else tested.
     
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  18. Dec 9, 2020 #96
    MadHouse

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    Mhmm... that makes it scary!
    Thanks
     
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