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chloezoebob101 said:
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It was an antibiotic (Nuflor) to help with whatever she's got... she's been coughing a lot lately. The vet gave us a dose to give her today, and she told us to do it intramuscular -- straight into the muscle on the neck. We couldn't do it because we couldn't find the right spot, so we tried subQ, short for subcutaneous, which means under the skin. You make a tent by pulling the skin out and your inject into the "door." That didn't work either -- she kept flinching and pulling away every time I tried. We ended up calling our neighbor who's got a dairy and he came and showed us how to do it in the rump, intramuscular.

Here's a diagram I found. All the cattle ones were geared toward beef cattle, and you need to be very careful where you inject on them so you don't ruin the meat cuts so you should not do it on the rump.

So this is a goat. (Obviously... :p)

S.Q. = SubQ
I.V. = Intraveinous (in the vein)
I.M. = Intramuscular
I.P. = Intraperitoneal (in the stomach)
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she might have pheonomia..
Lothiriel said:
It was an antibiotic (Nuflor) to help with whatever she's got... she's been coughing a lot lately. The vet gave us a dose to give her today, and she told us to do it intramuscular -- straight into the muscle on the neck. We couldn't do it because we couldn't find the right spot, so we tried subQ, short for subcutaneous, which means under the skin. You make a tent by pulling the skin out and your inject into the "door." That didn't work either -- she kept flinching and pulling away every time I tried. We ended up calling our neighbor who's got a dairy and he came and showed us how to do it in the rump, intramuscular.

Here's a diagram I found. All the cattle ones were geared toward beef cattle, and you need to be very careful where you inject on them so you don't ruin the meat cuts so you should not do it on the rump.

So this is a goat. (Obviously... :p)

S.Q. = SubQ
I.V. = Intraveinous (in the vein)
I.M. = Intramuscular
I.P. = Intraperitoneal (in the stomach)
p387a.gif
Click to expand...
 
Whoa. Great explanation!

Lothiriel said:
It was an antibiotic (Nuflor) to help with whatever she's got... she's been coughing a lot lately. The vet gave us a dose to give her today, and she told us to do it intramuscular -- straight into the muscle on the neck. We couldn't do it because we couldn't find the right spot, so we tried subQ, short for subcutaneous, which means under the skin. You make a tent by pulling the skin out and your inject into the "door." That didn't work either -- she kept flinching and pulling away every time I tried. We ended up calling our neighbor who's got a dairy and he came and showed us how to do it in the rump, intramuscular.

Here's a diagram I found. All the cattle ones were geared toward beef cattle, and you need to be very careful where you inject on them so you don't ruin the meat cuts so you should not do it on the rump.

So this is a goat. (Obviously... :p)

S.Q. = SubQ
I.V. = Intraveinous (in the vein)
I.M. = Intramuscular
I.P. = Intraperitoneal (in the stomach)
p387a.gif
Click to expand...
 
Yeah, we thought it was pneumonia... She had a fever of 104.2 on Sunday night and was really out of it. We had nothing to give her but garlic, so she got 2 cloves of that and some colostrum from when Daisy calved last year (we froze the extra). Next day the fever was down to 102.6 and she was acting fine as normal except for the cough. The vet said on Tuesday that her lungs sound harsh but there is no sound of congestion and she doesn't seem to have pneumonia, so we're not positive what she has. Another thought is that since she was born breech she could have inhaled some amniotic fluid. We've been giving her garlic daily, and she got the shot too. Other than the cough she's as healthy, rambunctious and naughty as ever.
 
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Aww, so this is a cow your talking about? the goat picture confused me.
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Lothiriel said:
Yeah, we thought it was pneumonia... She had a fever of 104.2 on Sunday night and was really out of it. We had nothing to give her but garlic, so she got 2 cloves of that and some colostrum from when Daisy calved last year (we froze the extra). Next day the fever was down to 102.6 and she was acting fine as normal except for the cough. The vet said on Tuesday that her lungs sound harsh but there is no sound of congestion and she doesn't seem to have pneumonia, so we're not positive what she has. Another thought is that since she was born breech she could have inhaled some amniotic fluid. We've been giving her garlic daily, and she got the shot too. Other than the cough she's as healthy, rambunctious and naughty as ever.
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