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essential goat medications |
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Written by Tara Tickel and Sunni Florence
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From Tractor Supply or your local Farmer’s Cooperative:
Fortified Vitamin B Complex https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07806-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 ProBios Gel (OR Goat's Preferred Probiotic gel, OR Jump Start Microbial gel - they are all basically the same thing) https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=A2343BF1-6AB2-4573-8731-3BF809BD6136 Pritchard nipples 2 or more. They are red with a yellow twist cap - fit on just about any coke bottle) -- NOTE: These nipples do not come with a hole in them! Cut the nib of the nipple to the desired hole size (lower to the nipple for more milk flow, higher up for slower flow) https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07B54-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Blu-Coat (wound dressing) www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E078C2-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 OR Alu-Shield https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E077ED-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 6ml syringes 3 ml syringes 1 inch 20 gauge needle 1 inch 18 gauge needles C& D Antitoxin no, that's not huge accidentally. If you don't buy anything else, buy this. (NOT the vaccine, the ANTITOXIN, it will be in a 250 ml bottle ... when you need it, you'll need it immediately, not in an hour or a day) www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=4AB21064-C5C1-4E0D-B525-163FF936450B Coppasure Copper Bolus - for supplementation of copper https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=177DD401-EE37-4EEC-899B-AEB38B98E6D3 Vit A, D, & E injectable www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07807-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Valbazen wormer https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07949-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Ivermectin wormer - for deworming pregnant does https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=3D70C03D-E24F-4641-8145-5F0A3748C827 Blood Stop powder - I've never had to use it, but a must-have anyway https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07ADD-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 prescription medications - must be approved by a veterinarianThese medications must be prescribed by a licensed Veterinarian. We as small farmers can no longer obtain basic antibiotics and cocci treatment without an established relationship with a veterinarian & veterinary approval to obtain these medications.
Dr Lee Bancroft (Bradley Vet Hospital) in Cleveland, TN is my overseeing veterinarian. Each year he comes out the farm, looks over the herd, then we discuss which medications I would like to order (& why), and if he agrees, he signs off on my order to ValleyVet.com (I place an order and Valley Vet sends Dr Bancroft a fax for authorization). Biomycin (Antibiotic - LA 200 is the same thing, except it stings when given) www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E0751F-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Tylan 200 (antibiotic used in respiratory cases) www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07914-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Sulfa Med: for treatment of cocci in kids and adults (40% sulfadimethoxine - this is labeled as an injected medication, but is given *orally* in goats) https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=77EABD27-5727-428A-A945-3FA5E22A6BA8 Specto-guard Scour Check (labeled for pigs) - for ecoli www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07677-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Bo-Se - Selenium supplement -- to prevent selenium deficiency and white muscle disease in kids https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E079F3-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Thiamine (B1) - for goat Polio or Listerosis https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=B465119F-11A6-4B99-BC0F-94C4A030DE4B Vitamin B12 - for anemia https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=AF962A86-50A8-4DDB-BB05-79BC60808FD4 Dexamethasone - for inflammation after injury or infection, pnuemonia, as well as to treat aspiration of birth fluids in kids https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E072E9-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5 Banamine - for pain - you'll RARELY use this one, but when you need it, you NEED it https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=78DB03F7-1971-449E-B815-5F7182E048EA |
