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As some of you may remember, my 6 year old doe developed mastitis back in March after kidding. By April, she was terribly sick, infected, high fever, black circles under her eyes (yes, goats get that too) and subsequently had two blow-outs on that side of the udder. Then that side of the udder started to get black spots. All along I was treating her daily according to my vet’s instructions and your recommendations. Eventually the mastitis (fever & infection) cleared up but she is left with two egg-size lumps inside the udder which I’m hoping is nothing more than scar tissue because they are not painful, not warm and don't seem to be a problem... I hope.
Anyway, by mid-May she started getting black scabs on that side of the udder. She usually gets these scabs every Fall on the back of her hind legs which I treat with Nuflor shots and with NuStock topical cream and they normally clear up in a 3-5 of days. This time they won’t clear up so per my vet’s instructions I gave her Nuflor and I used Triple-Antibiotic cream, I washed her with iodine, with a diluted Clorox solution, I even started giving her Zinc in addition to her other minerals. I tried everything but no results.
This is what her udder looks like as of last nite. Today I am going to give her Ivermectin which was recommended by some of you. This is the only Ivermectin I found at my local Feed Store. How do I administer it (oral, SQ, IM, pour onto the udder), what dosage, and how often?
Thank you
Anyway, by mid-May she started getting black scabs on that side of the udder. She usually gets these scabs every Fall on the back of her hind legs which I treat with Nuflor shots and with NuStock topical cream and they normally clear up in a 3-5 of days. This time they won’t clear up so per my vet’s instructions I gave her Nuflor and I used Triple-Antibiotic cream, I washed her with iodine, with a diluted Clorox solution, I even started giving her Zinc in addition to her other minerals. I tried everything but no results.
This is what her udder looks like as of last nite. Today I am going to give her Ivermectin which was recommended by some of you. This is the only Ivermectin I found at my local Feed Store. How do I administer it (oral, SQ, IM, pour onto the udder), what dosage, and how often?
Thank you
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