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Old 06/18/12, 12:50 PM
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Unhappy Help! Goat with diarrhea
My month old Nigerian Dwarf goat, Snickers has had yellowish, greenish diarrhea all day. It smells really bad and he is acting weak and is not drinking as much whole milk (he is a bottle-baby) as he used to. I have given him Electrolytes and 2 and a half ml of Corid liquid. What else can I do to help him?
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Old 06/18/12, 12:55 PM
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Sounds like cocci to me. Have you started him on his cocci prevention?
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Old 06/18/12, 12:57 PM
 
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Sounds like cocci to me. Doing a fecal can tell you a lot. I don't use CoRid because it can upset the balance of thiamine. I use DiMethox for treatment and Deccox M for preventative.
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Old 06/18/12, 01:11 PM
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Corid does NOT upset the balance of Thiamine in the GOAT. It disables the ability of the coccidia protozoa to process thiamine.
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Old 06/18/12, 01:12 PM
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What is the age of the goat, how much does he weigh?

Coccidia meds:
Different Cocci meds and doses
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Old 06/18/12, 01:17 PM
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Thank you all for your help!

He is 1 month old and weighs about 9 pounds. We gave him 2.5 ML of Corid
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Old 06/18/12, 02:48 PM
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OK. You did good. If you have some Kaopectate, give him a few cc's of that.

He should get better within a day or two.
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