Cough and no energy????

allenslabs · #1 08/18/05, 10:32 PM

My little nubian doe Gidget for the last 2 days has had no energy...... and I owuld know as she is the one that terrorizes my barn. So anyhow she has had a dry cough and just mainly stands around. I wormed her tonight in case that was it. But I wormed her with ivomec and I have used it once before on her the last time she was wormed. Should I worm her again with something in a couple weeks? Something different that is. Thanks all! You are a wealth of knowledge at my fingertips!!

allenslabs · #2 08/18/05, 10:33 PM

By the way.... she was born in april 05.

debitaber · #3 08/19/05, 10:41 AM

have yo ugiven cocci meds?
DI Mothox 40& is good, one half cc, 2x's a day for 10 days does the trick. also, have you given selium to her? and you could always give vitiman b complex shot.

Jen H · #4 08/19/05, 07:55 PM

Does she have a fever at all? Any symptoms other than a dry cough and no energy?

If the problem is lung worms, Ivomec will work just fine. I actually would go ahead and worm everyone - if one goat is coughing from lung worms they all have them.

How are her gums? Nice and pink or kind of pale and anemic? If she's anemic there's a supplement called "red cell" that works really well to build their blood back up after you fix the parasite problem.

allenslabs · #5 08/20/05, 12:29 AM

I'll check her gums. She is my one that's normally into EVERYTHING and runnin around and she just mopes around. She doesn't seem to have a temperature. She's still moping today. I wormed her yesterday should I notice a difference by now? She didn't want to eat her feed or anything today. I was thinking I should take a fecal into the vet tomorrow IF I can get her to use the bathroom that is. I bought some panacure today to give her if I need to. I just hate to see her like this! I put some loose minerals in there today for sheep and goats and she seemed to like that a little.
Would a nutridrench work?? Thanks guys for the help!

allenslabs · #6 08/20/05, 12:30 AM

Oh and she did have a LITTLE something to her cough today almost like she had a little phlem stuch in there. Not always though.

Jen H · #7 08/20/05, 01:33 AM

Nutridrench would be a good idea, it sure won't hurt her at all. Have you actually checked her temperature? Normal is around 102*. I'm wondering because you mentioned the cough sounding phlegmy sometimes - lung worm is just a dry cough, almost sounds like a bark.

If the worms got out of hand and she got anemic, that'll take a while to clear up. Even after the worms are gone it takes time to build the level of blood cells back up to normal. Try giving her some of her favorite foods and lots of loving while she nibbles. Add gatorade or koolaid to her water to keep her drinking and hydrated. Some probios will help keep her rumen working properly. A vitamin B complex shot is probably a good idea. The red cell I mentioned before really does help to build their blood back up, look in the cattle section at the feed store.

trnubian · #8 08/20/05, 09:18 PM

I was also wondering about pnemonia. If she is mopy, and has a phlemy cough, sounds like pnemonia to me. Take her temp. You can use a regular human thermometer. Have someone hold her while you are taking it. (Put it gentlely into her rectum, not very far, just as much as you would put in your mouth.) 102 is normal it can be a little higher and be normal too. Like 103.

It sounds a lot like pnemonia to me. But please take her temp as she could be burning up and you wouldn't even know it.

I had a doe kid last year who was fine in the morning, but at noon was really sick. She had a temp of 107. It was becuase of pnemonia. I soaked a towel in cold water, wrapped her up, gave her a bottle of cool electrolyte water with a bottle (she was still on the bottle then), and two asprin. this was all just to get her temp down. Within fifteen minutes it had dropped down to a managable 105. Then she was started on antibiotics (Nuflor). The vet told us to watch her closely for any brain damage that might have occured due to how high her fever was. She was fine afterwards because we caught it almost immediately.

If you can have any Banamie around for situations like this it is very worth it. Banamine takes the temp down and greatly reduces pain.

If she does have a temp., get some asprin, ibprofen, or banamine in her, and start her on antibiotics. (Penicillan and LA-200 will not be strong enough, you need an antibiotic like Naxel, or Nuflor.) Even after she has had these anitbiotics watch her because some work on some goats and some don't.

I wish you luck and I will pray for your little girl.