I have this doe who has broke out with a rash on her vulva 3 times. I took her to the vet once but they said it was just cause she had runny poo and it caused her to get irritated. I am at the point of getting rid of her but really don't want to. I attached a picture for you all to see what it looks like. Please give me any advice you can. Thanks
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I realize this is an old thread but it does talk about lice and Ivermectin.
My goat person was here last week and found a few lice on my two oldest does who were, coincidentally bred to the same buck. My two younger does, also bred but to another, don't have any sign of them. This happened to me once before, bred does with lice a couple of months after breeding and none on the others. Looks like I need to start treating my girls with D.E. the day before I take them for breeding and the next two weeks after! (Do people check their bucks?!!)
My question is how far into pregnancy can I use Ivermectin which I will pour on? Before, I caught them earlier. Ginger is due to kid February 28th or shortly thereafter, Summer three weeks later. With kids due (if she is pregnant, test results due tomorrow) in six-plus weeks, is it save to use Ivermectin or should I use the D.E.?
Second question, the Ivermectin I have has an expiration date of 1/2015; would it still be okay to use for this?
Third question, do I need to use it more than once? I apologize - I should have written this down before so I had it for future reference.
If she is in early pregnancy, you don't have to worry about the milk withholding, but I'm not completely sure that anything other than pour-on would work. I have no experience with mites, but I really think you would see sores in other parts of her body, not just her vulva, especially since this is the third time it's happened. Typically goats with mites have hair loss in random places or in places where they scratch themselves on fences and such. A breakout of sores on the vulva for three times really sounds like some type of infection, which would need to be seen by a vet.
FYI -- you can give the injectable ivermectin orally, so you could use it for internal parasites in the future. Oral withdrawal is only 9 days when given at 2X the cattle dosage. You could give it to her orally now, rather than injecting. Only pour-on works for biting lice because they are not sucking the blood of the goat, which is why you have to use the pour-on for lice.
Sorry I don't have time to look up more info on mites tonight. I've been out all day and have to leave again in the morning early. We've had flooding and a whole host of issues here the last couple of days.
Do you agree Deb?
Well, I'm definitely less knowledgeable about this than Deb, but it would seem like you should be OK with that kind of withdrawl time.
The milk withholding time is 36 days.
Yeah, she still has a couple months to go.
If she's due to kid AFTER the withdrawl time, then you are probably right. :)
I would think you wouldn't want nursing kids on her if the stuff stays in her system and it could pass to the kids... seems like you *might* run the risk of creating resistance in your kids if they got dosed with it themselves.
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