Aboutgoatlady Expertise Specializing in New Goat Owner understanding of goat physiology, goat anatomy, goat care and herd management. *I am not a veterinarian, any advice and information should be verified by your veterinarian before administering to your goats.
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Experience 17 years experience of raising goats and herd management. Active hands on experience with goat herd and research with various Caprine University Research and Extension Centers nationwide. 15 years dedicated to helping other goat breeders/owners with goat anatomy, goat disease and goat health care issues via phone, published goat care articles and internet interaction.
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Expert: goatlady Date: 7/25/2008 Subject: Little pygmy female, age5 months
Question My little Holly is having a neurological problem and I have been giving Thiamine every 6 hours along with Procaine Pen. for the last 2 days. I am pretty sure I'm dealing with Listeriosis and not Polio as she did not respond to the Thiamine. How long should I expect her to remain staggery and unable to eat? I am currently tube feeding her twice a day with electrolytes and goats milk, while continuing the meds. I have also isolated her in the horse barn. She is alert and responsive and never had any seizures that I could identify.
Answer HI Karen,
Has she eaten something moldy? Is she circling? One side of her face seem paralyzed? Any chance of Injury to the spine? Have you considered Deer worm? Listeriosis takes a good long while to combat- weeks of treatment. She needs hay or fruit something with fiber.
If this is listeriosis it will take time- and you are right- if it was goat polio it would have corrected the problem in a matter of hours.
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Is she eating at all in between the tube feedings? I think I might take the milk away (replace it with electrolytes and a TBSP of molasses for energy). so she doesn't get enterotoxemia on top of everything else.
