I have a question about scours. I have a goat who delivered twins a week ago. She did not get rid of all her afterbirth until 48 hours after kidding. I consulted the vet and he suggested to start her on Penicillin and he gave me some oxytocin. I gave her a pretty heavy does of antibiotics (the bottle said 1 cc per 15 pounds of weight, so she is 150 lbs & I gave her 10 cc twice a day - later saw that this was the dose for CATTLE). Well on a follow up with the vet he told me that he thought that was a heavy dose for a goat, but he didn't seem to concerned& said it shouldn't hurt her. I then did some reading and found that that the goat dose is almost half of the cattle dose. Anyway, I finished giving the last does of Penn yesterday and gave her some Pro-Bios. Today - Major Scours! I have put electrolytes in her water. Should I do anything else or just keep giving the pro-biotics? I also have Bovi-Sera & C&D Antitoxin. She is feeding two kids. Thanks!
Scours question
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Straw Hat Kikos
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She needs wormed. Give her Ivermectin at 1cc per 40 pounds orally.
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I'm thinking it's more the antibiotics - I' have never had a problem w/ worms, it's cold & dry here. Gave Vit. B Complex shot, electrolytes & probiotics so far. If not improvement, will try worming.Straw Hat Kikos said:
