sick goat=sudden onset,lethargy,little app.,,less milk by 1/3

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please help....went out to milk this am; cheerful,hungry, energetic little nubian WAS NOT her usual self but instead was lethargic, wouldn't eat, milk production down by a third. Was wormed within last month or so, had a gradual change of food last two weeks, has lived here about 6 weeks. This was a sudden onset, as she was ok last night. Checked her awhile ago and she ate a few bites.

-- flora,linda,charlie (regalroy2000@yahoo.com), December 11, 2001

Answers

Have you taken her temp? Does she have a cud, rumen working? Any other symptoms than what you described? Coat look the same, Stools,etc. Has she had any shots other than being wormed?

-- Leslie in Western WA (sundaycreek@gnrac.net), December 11, 2001.

Also, how is her breathing?(Any signs of pneumonia?) Any chances she got into the feed barrel, or got bad feed or hay? Any exposure to elements?

-- mary (mlg@aol.com), December 11, 2001.

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