6 month old buck w/runs

backwoods · #1 10/09/13, 11:31 AM

Our 6 month old Nubian buck has the runs. Is standing around "humped up" and just doesn't look like he feels well. Was last wormed end of June with Zimectrin, x 2, 10 days apart. Any ideas?

punchiepal · #2 10/09/13, 01:32 PM

Take a fecal to a vet asap or if you can, do one yourself.

suzyhomemaker09 · #3 10/09/13, 01:42 PM

coccidia?
was he on prevention?

Awnry Abe · #4 10/09/13, 09:45 PM

Coccidia, but a fecal will tell for sure. Don't overlook the coccidia when you see worm eggs, though. Don't sit on your hands on this, they are easy to lose in that condition.

wintrrwolf · #5 10/10/13, 10:01 AM

Coccidia
I treat with Sulfamethazine sodium "Sulmet" and also dose with pepto especially if the diarrhea is bad. ASAP
Sulmet treats coccidia, scours, pneumonia and misc bacterial infections.
straight from the bottle do not mix with water
5 day treatment. Day one: 1 ml per 5 pounds(orally), Day 2-5: 1 ml per 10 pounds(orally)

lovinglife · #6 10/10/13, 01:13 PM

I have had great luck with Baycox - Toltrazuril. My little buckling had the runs really bad, one treatment fixed him right up.

SkeeterBlue · #7 10/10/13, 02:14 PM

I heard that Purina goat chow had a bad batch that causes explosive diarrhea. The code is lot #3sep17har2.

backwoods · #8 10/11/13, 12:10 AM

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, he apparently ate some old hay on the floor of the hay shed and we gave him pepto. He's better today and back on feed. Silly goats, why do they eat that old stuff (that's slightly moldy) when they have perfectly good hay in their feeder???
He was given cocci preventative