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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Note: Keep in mind, the goat expert is volunteering her time to help other goat owners, she also runs her farm with her own herd of 100 goats and may not be at her computer at all hours. Questions are answered as soon as she can possibly read and answer them, usually within 24 hours.
Experience 18 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. The information I have to offer is not only from personal experience and years of research updated often as new information is made available to me, but supported by many Veterinary Research colleges and all medications and information I have to offer on how the medications work and what dosages "I" use, is information I have acquired by discussing directly with the company's veterinarians and staff research experts.
Organizations 5 year active member of International Veterinary Information Service
Publications United Caprine News, Homesteaders Magazine, Columnist for Goat Magazine, Owner and Author of GoatPedia™
Education/Credentials Graduate Programs in Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Question QUESTION: I have 4 dairy goats that have gotten abcesses where I gave them their CD&T shot. How long will it take for these lumps to go away or is there something I can give them to help it?
then use standard wound cleaning procedure (betadine surgical scrub or peroxide cleansing allow to dry then apply the ointment) and then apply neosporin on the sore- this should heal as an open sore in a few weeks- if this is a lump and not open, this is not at all unusual for a CDT injection and these lumps sometimes take months or over a year to go away - some stay as lumps indefinitely.
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QUESTION: Thanks, I did clean two of them up last night. I have given these shots many times to my boers & never had a lump. All of a sudden, I give them to my dairy kids & they all have lumps. Will massaging the area help the lump go away? Is there anything I can do when giving this shot to prohibit the lump?
Note: CD/T, the toxoid-(Covexin8), will sometimes cause a "knot" at the injection site. This is evidence that the vaccine is successfully interacting with the goat's immune system. To avoid these "knots," injections can be done inside the loose skin where the front leg meets the goat's body (behind the "armpit," so the speak). Usually, but not always, these "knots" eventually disappear.
