Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Dewormer Change Up

We are still having problems with worms in our kid goats. 
 They fall into 3 groups, 25% look great, 25% look puny, and 50% are average.
 Since the ivermectin doesn't seem to be helping much, I decided to change things up and switch to levamisole.  It comes as a powder, mix it with water and drench orally. 
 I made up a chart of how many cc's per 5 pound increments. 
 J captured the kids, on at a time.  We weighed a few to get an idea of the weight range.  Good = 45+ pounds, average = 35 pounds and puny = 25 pounds. 

J held, I drenched them, the puny ones got a vitamin drench too and then a green mark on everyone so we could tell which ones had been done.  We hope this will give them the boost they need so we can get a growth spurt before market time.

1 comment:

C said...

Deworming certainly seems to be a big challenge.

(I like the shot of the goats all looking forward)

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