CL abscess?

Still no results. His lower eyelids are getting pale, but I don't want to worm him (rumatel) if I'm just going to slaughter the poor guy. On the other hand, I don't want to let him get sick while waiting for results, and now he has a possibly pregnant doe with healthy pink eyelids in there with him waiting for results and I don't want her to get a bad case of worms either. Not sure yet whether I will worm him.

I would prefer not to use this vet again, especially for goats. However, he is the only big animal vet I know of here. I'm going to have to start sending samples in myself probably from now on, it's been 3 weeks now.

Is it normal for these type of results to take 3 weeks? Once Cornell LOST a blood sample of a little doe I suspected had Listeriosus and so we never did find out what she had. Made me soooo mad.

I had my CL/CAE/johness test results back in 2 days. Papers all say 7-10 days is normal. Call the lab. Someone is not paying attention, and I would bet it's the vets office.

It's been 3 weeks! jeepers. You might just have to draw your own blood sample and send it in yourself. I have a feeling they lost it. Poor Stinker

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We got the results back today. Stinker has CL, along with two other goats (one of whom already died). We butchered the smaller one this afternoon (finding an abscess in an armpit and another in the brain), and we plan to butcher Stinker tomorrow.

I saw your other post...bye bye Stinker...you were a good boy and brought a smile to my face (I have his picture on my screensaver)

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We'll miss him and it will be difficult to butcher him. The goat we did today was difficult too, she was a sweet goat who loved attention.

I'm sorry.

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Sorry

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I'm so sorry, I can't imagine what you're feeling right now. I'll pray that you don't have to go through this again..and again I am sorry.