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Nobody has any ideas????????????????????

4 yr old cow abandoned bull calf, calf almost died due to scvours and pneumonia, eye turned white, treated at vet, no sign of injury, at this point calf was taken from the momma cow, and was being hand raised, Owner is bringing calf to me, what can cause this ??? Will it be blind ???

I have had the same problem here, I have lost One 5 week old, and 3 6 to 7 month wethers, same exact scenario........... I was told its goat polio, and I did the vit b/thiamine injections to no avail...... basically once they go down and convulse its a losing battle, but we keep trying.........

I brought a doe in from another herd, last spring she developed a lump near her jaw, I chalked it up to a wound or wood sliver, now she has a lump near her flanks, and her udder is completely malformed, she did have 2 kids this summer, I purchased the Case Bac and plan on vaccinating, Do I...

No mastitis. just huge, and the kids are several weeks old....... She isnt easy to catch..... what kind of tape do you use. I tried making her a nursing bra again today.

I have a Kinder doe that had twins, they only nurse one side. I have milked her out several times. her udder is so huge her skin is cracking or getting cut, what do I do??? I tried making a nursing bra so the kids had to nurse the one side. but that lasted five minutes..... I sprayed the cracks...

I had a gal bring 4 goats to me to be bred. They got her on dec 31st.. I dewormed them with valbazen that very day. Today one of the does had two stillborn defective babies. What are some causes of stillborn/birthdefects ??

We have had a tremendous amount of rain here, lately I have noticed hairloss, itching and blistered skin on the belly and body of my goats. they are all pregnany. What can I safely use. I have dewormed. poured them with ivermectin etc, even sprayed fungicide. I am at wits end.. please answer...

I am going to try that. I have looked at his hooves and didnt see anything

yes, he has had 2 series of covexin 8

I have a 7 mo old Nubian Billy, he was born here, but went to his owners home until he wasd 5 mo old, he came back here, and recently he has developed stiff front legs he almost looks like hes doing the dog paddle....... I have done the selenium vit e ..... antibiotics, etc, he has a mineral...

I did give him some selenium and vit e this am

I posted last week about my Billy, he is 6 months old, and recently started getting lame in his front leg, I checked it out, no swelling, heat hoof issues etc, thought he got beat up by my does, he has his vaccinations, but I noticed he stands with his legs outstretched . aND THEY APPEAR TO BE...

I have a female goat, who considers herself the herd leader, she has been in heat 3 cycles now, she hates my blk/white billy, Will not go near him and if she does, she beats the poor guy up, he is young, so Today I let my Kinder Billy out because she seems to like him, Bred her...

I have a young billy that seems to be favoring one leg, Doesnt seem real active either, Legs arent swollen, seems to be Kinda stiff, My girls have been beating him up during breeding season, But something is off, he is 7months old, he is interested in the girls, but not aggressive, Should I...