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We have a calf who is now about a month old. She developed diphtheria symptoms so we started her on la200 injections, subcutaneous. She has developed lumps at every site. Is this a hygiene issue or something else? We are using new needles each time. I had read you're supposed to only inject so...

I'm looking for goat answers specifically but we have so many ticks here that I'm interested in any answers. Our property is mostly wooded and I've decided to run a couple of nannies through there with movable fencing. (They normally live in a large paddock that our chickens and guinea fowls...

Basic question is: are there other infectious illnesses or perhaps deficiencies that would cause an abcess? Several of our sheep have an abcess right on the corner of their mouth. I suspect CL and the plan is to get their blood tested but is there something else I should be looking at? I know...

My cow has had a patch of skin near her udder that has been open and weepy for a while. I don't even know how long. I thought initially she injured herself on something and perhaps the constant flies haven't allowed it to fully heal? Usually my partner does the milking but his schedule has...

I have a couple goats kids with diarrhea. We had one who had some one evening and passed away very quickly...found him dead the next day. We did a treatment for coccidiosis on all the other kids and diarrhea cleared up. But within the same week, the two female kids have had the diarrhea return...

I wasn't sure where to put this so my apologies if it should be moved elsewhere. We had our sheep and goats give birth all in the same 3 week window... about 2 months ago now. It occurred to me yesterday that the lambs are far bigger than our goat kids. I'm sure breed has something to do with it...

Maybe you all can point me in the right direction. I have a month and a half old lamb whose appetite has really dwindled this last week. He is on pasture that we rotate every other day and he's been getting about 64 oz of milk from a bottle each day. I wouldn't normally be worried because I...

Hello My first time freshener kidder two days ago and this morning her buckling's backside is all covered in diarrhea. Since he's so young, I'm assuming it's not coccidiosis. He seems normal as far as activity and vitality. It has been raining heavily the last several days and it's been a...

My ewe had twins today. Unfortunately she isn't giving any milk at all. Her udder is hard but not like engorement....it has a bunch of lumpy bumps in it. I tried for several minutes to express any milk from her and failed. We lost twins from her last year due to starvation and I was too much of...

It's been a learning curve trying to figure out how to manage parasites in my herd. We unfortunately lost a buckling last year due to anemia from parasites and I didn't catch the symptoms until it was too late. We bought a new buck in oct, a 1 yr old boer (and was dewormed the day we bought...

My ewe gave birth to twins Sunday morning. Both lambs have appeared fine up to this point. This morning one us laying down and has very little response to stimulus and will not stand and the other one looks weak but is still able to stand and bleat. Their mother is attentive to them but I...

Hello, I searched the internet for a while and even here on this forum but couldn't find an answer to my specific situation. I've been raising a few lambs together but I need to get the female out of there as the two ram lambs are approaching 3 months old and I don't want her bred yet. (She's...