We went to the 4-H goat clinic to learn more about goats and the new stuff on worming. We found answers to our problem with the goats. Like we said we had barber pole worms in our goats and they said to make a secondary problem we then had a elevated amount of coccidiosis. We were told to not worm every few months but to continue to do fecal exams for the worms and worm them when needed. We saved Temporary when he started to go down. To go on top of all the worms we also had Thiamine deficiency from all the wormers we used. We have started them on the Thiamine whenever we use wormer. We are also going to feed the goats manna pro goat treats for copper because of our mixed herd. We also made sure we had hay feeders for all the pens and now we have grain dishes in every pen so there is no feed on the ground. I think we have our problems under control and will have better luck for now.
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Danielle
12/9/2012 02:58:53 pm
Be very careful, Don' t let sheep get the copper.
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Allison
12/9/2012 10:52:30 pm
We have actually found a bolus filled with copper rods made for goats. The goats ate them up so we didn't have to feed them copper treats. They last in the system for 8 months to 1 year. We now shouldn't have problems with that.
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