Worming Doe Goats

[Joe123]

We've got 2 doe goats here an was wondering what be safe to worm them with really soon. We've got Ivomec and valbazen here for wormer. We think they are pregnant due to never came back in heat. So need to know what wormer would be safe to use on them incase are expecting babies.

[Goat Servant]

Ivomec is ok for pregnant goats, but NOT valbenzadole. In otherwords Mectins ok, just not your benzoles or any classes of them. (may have not spelled them right)

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

Actually, there is problems with Ivermectin during implantation period also. Now Valbazen like Ivermectin Plus has a flukecide in it and you certainly do not want to use either of these during implantation 11 to 14 days after breeding.

If you plan your breedings, than fecal sampling or simply worming/trimming feet/vaccination/bo-se if you use it, and since we don't know what area you are in, bolusing for copper...then you don't have to handle or worm your does until 100 days pregnant most of the time...does have incredible immunity during pregnancy.

Here the only does who are bred would be out of season breeders like boers, and even then, few will have fall kids. We breed even nubians here out of season only with hormones. So have your does not come into heat for the year? Or are they really bred? Either way if you need to worm I would worm, bred or not are they having diarrhea, showing signs of anemia? And I worm with Cydectin cattle pouron given orally at 1cc per 22 pounds because our worm burdens this time of year are only HC, and neither Ivermectin nor Valbazen are going to touch the adult worms in good enough numbers to bother useing them. You will be reworming in another month or so again because your does will be anemic if you use them. But once again I don't know what area you are in Vicki

[HilltopDaisy]

Joe123, you really need to tell us where you are.

You've been given some awesome advice.

[Joe123]

Bump....

[Joe123]

The first doe was wormed and feet trimmed back in the end of March just a few days before we got our new buck. The other doe we got was last month but before we put her in with our buck we wormed and her feet trimmed to. Reason we wormed her was due to her eyelids was a little pale not bad but needed to be wormed. Then as soon she got put in the pen with the buck he breed her that evening. Of right now the eyelids look nice an pink but know very soon they will need to be wormed again. We try to worm our goats at least every 3 to 4 months if need to be. We try to trim our goats hooves every two months to keep trimmed if need it.


We are located in the Va Mountains.