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Latestarter said:
Just to add... you really should join us over on BYH as there's a really great group of goat folks over there. We'd love to have you join us. :thumbsup Hope your goat recovers and you let us know the outcome. Best wishes.
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Thank you for responding. The OP hasn't responded since the threads Creation. Hopefully a veterinarian is involved by now like we both have recommended. I Know first hand that once they go down, time is of the essence,
We are blessed with a mobile vet in our area. She is very knowledgeable and a goat owner as well. Usually less than 24hrs she arrives.
She has educated us to monitor our herds behavior and spend time to watch them bowel movement, frequently check their eyes and watch out for outcasts whom leave the herd as a sign of illness. There are so many factors that can make a goat I'll. It is a misconception that you just buy some goats a place them in your yard and that's it. Out of all of our livestock, goats are the highest maintenance animals we have.

I try and encourage a lot of members here to join us over on byh. I feel like there should be a link within the "other livestock" category as a short cut.
I'm going to mention it to Rob maybe.
Thanks again @Latestarter for your speedy reply.
-connie
 
Just a comment. I have seen white muscle in adult animals. Usually in these cases the animal exhibits pain on moving and the muscles may feel hard. I don't personally recall ever having an adult animal go down because of white muscle but that doesn't mean they can't. A dairy near me had a number of yearling heifers with bone fractures in their legs and it turned out the cause was a selenium deficiency. A heavy load of worms can cause the animal to become very weak. I don't remember if the OP said anything about the mucous membranes being pale. That would be a sign of parasites. That said, if it were my goat, I would give it a dose of BoSe (can't hurt and might help) have a fecal done to assess worm load, and then just use good nursing care. If it is PPLO (or whatever it was that caused my goats to become paralyzed) with good nursing the animal will recover but it takes time. As I said, my down goats were alert, had good appetites, but just couldn't stand. If there is any chance this is the problem a course of antibiotics that are effective against mycoplasma may be in order.
 
BantammChick said:
We went to the veterinarian, and he said it was . He gave us some medicine to give to him, maybe he will get better. I really hope he does. Thank you everyone for your help.:)
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What is the treatment? Sulmet? Corid? Did they recommend electrolytes and nutridrench?
coccidiosis is very treatable when caught early.
He is on a thiamine inhibitor I'm sure. That's what cocci thrives on. I'm super happy you took him to a Vet.
You have been getting a lot of rain I suppose. Rain and goats don't go together well.
 
Glad you got a definitive diagnoses. One good thing about cocci. It responds rapidly to treatment. Cocci does injure the gut wall, so the key is to support the animal while the gut regenerates. The diagnoses of cocci surprised me a bit. I have had an occasional case of cocci in my goats, but it has always been kids, not adult animals. This goes to show you that goats don't read the books. Let us know how it goes.
 

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