This probably a stupid question, but is there a disease transfer from goats??

Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians · #21 09/14/07, 12:36 PM

Yes because even in the woods you never would come into the amount of oils from the ivy that you would be on goats grazing and it's all over their hair...well unless you were laying around, rubbing all over the ivy..well you get it

Vicki

Feral Nature · #22 09/14/07, 12:50 PM

Interesting. I agree it is very likely poison ivy but consider that it could also be show-sheen or fly-wipe used on the goats coats. Perhaps it is a chemical he is sensitive too. Or something completely unrelated to the goat barn.

mary,tx · #23 09/14/07, 04:55 PM

I've gotten poison ivy before from my goats. But it doesn't look like hives.
mary

LOC · #24 09/14/07, 08:17 PM

What about nettles? My son got the stinging nettles juice on his arm from one of the goats. He had what looked like hives and it hurt alot, then by the next night there were welts, it was bad, poor kid. Benedryl helped alot.

Just a thought.

mary,tx · #25 09/14/07, 08:19 PM

My son has also gotten welts from stinging nettle. It didn't last long.
Whatever it is, Benadryl is a good idea.
mary

homebirtha · #26 09/15/07, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Feral Nature

but consider that it could also be show-sheen or fly-wipe used on the goats coats. Perhaps it is a chemical he is sensitive too.

That's a good point too. Maybe not the goats, but some chemical one of the goats had on it. I would definitely want to expose him to a few more goats and see what happens, before you decide if you're going to have your own herd or not. I hope you find it's something other then just goat dander.

I've never heard of poison ivy or sumac causing a rash in the first 10 minutes of exposure though. So I really don't think it could be PI. At least not to begin with. For me, I usually get the rash the day after I've been exposed to it and then I get new spots for the next few days. Not fun.

mary,tx · #27 09/15/07, 09:01 AM

And yours are good points. I have never immediately broken out from poison ivy. My son has had a pretty immediate reaction to nettle, but I have a hard time imagining that off the goat. Some chemicals, either for flies or cleaning, seems like a reasonable culprit.
mary