Is High Level Vitamin B Complex the same as Fortified Vitamin B Complex? I have a buck kid with no good rumen sounds (see Caprine Special Care) and was going to start him on the B Complex, but I have High Level, not Fortified. Is it safe to give him? How much? And it is IM, correct? But can be given SQ? Thank you!
I personally give a goat(boer), that is really down and not eating, 6cc's Under skin of the Fortified Vit B complex for 4 days. If you hear no gut sounds it needs a lot of help right away.
Check the label and see what it says about B1 (thiamin) You want it to say at least 100 mg/ml. Whenever I even suspect a rumen isn't funtioning at full capacity, I give Probios and B1. Fort. B complex will do for the B1 if you give enough. You want to give enough to supply at least 500mgs of B1. So Pam's dose would work. Hope the Valbazen works for the worms. It sounds like you found the main problem.
Quick update: Firecracker seems to be just fine now! I put him back out with the other buck kid and my wether. He ate his grain yesterday and was very perky and happy to see his Momma
Hijacking this thread-sorry. I am looking for the dose for the durvet high level vitamin B complex. Is it 6 cc's regardless of weight and age, or is there a dose per pound? I have a buckling that is depressed, not eating much at all and staying off by himself. He has already been wormed, nutri-drenched and has a normal temp. He has not been himself for about 4-5 days... He weighs 30 pounds and is 8 1/2 weeks old. The only other symptom he has is occasionally he hunches way up and brings his back legs up to front legs like he is straining to go to the bathroom. He has berries and is peeing just fine. He has also had his cd/t...
Would a paste be good to give them as well for a precaution/preventative upset on occasion? My one Nubian had polio and every now and then I can tell he is still off but I finished dosing him with thimaine injections. This happened a month ago
We have given it orally, and it has helped that way as well. Not sure if that's normal to give it that way but we have tried it both ways with lambs and goats.
Good to know! The first one we always injected, and on any quite down animal injection is best. Some follow up we have done orally,... hmm have to rethink that. Is it that it gets absorbed too quickly orally? Or is it broke down quicker in the mouth? I understood use of B12 as rumen starter and quick energy-at least that's how we have used it.
Orally in goats, doesn't absorb enough to do much of anything. Goats have a fast metabolism than other animals so vit B complex should be injected. Give it SQ or IM only especially with polio issues. It gets straight to the source. Which is needed for polio.