I need to worm my pregnant doe but I am not sure what to use. Can anyone tell me what to use? I have read the past replies which were very informative but I did not see information on a pregnant doe. Thanks, Renee'

-- Renee' Madden (RM6PACK@aol.com), June 22, 2000

Answers

Renee, I have used Safeguard, Ivermectin(plain) and the various benzadole wormers on pregnant does without problems. Valbazen and Ivermectin-F will cause abortions in pregnant does although they are great for liver flukes. Hope this helps. karen

-- Karen Mauk (dairygoatmama@hotmail.com), June 22, 2000.

I posted this already today on the other worming goats thread and won't repeat it. So lets go at this in another way. You say you need to worm your pregnant doe, how pregnant is she and what are your symptoms of worms? Pale gums (anemic goats usually have hemoncus) cow poop instead of berries (usually hemoncous from undigested blood) unthriftyness, looks like a bad perm? (hemoncous robs the doe of protein) Massive black scours, tristrongieds cause diarrhea from preventing absobtion of nutrients why it is called the bankrupt worm. Worms visible in the poop? Tapeworm segments. If she is already past the first trimester (50 days) the you could worm with any wormer. It would be better for you to take some berries into the vet and see which worms you have and how many, so you can see if you really need to worm and which wormer is working for you. Of the bensozoles (Safeguard, Panacur, Levamisole) we choose to use Valbazen Drench at 6cc per 100 pounds, because we know on fecal, we have great kill of hemoncous and tristrongides. Of the mectins (Dectomax, Cydectin, Top line) we choose to use Ivermectin 1% Cattle injectable at 2cc per 100 pounds given orally because we know on fecal that we get a 99% kill on the above mentioned worms. We will be adding Cydectin orally at 1cc per 35 pounds to our worming protocol when we start seeing resistance to Ivermectin. Use Cydectin with caution, there has been reports of allergic reaction when gotten on the skin, both of humans and goats. Vicki

-- Vicki McGaugh (vickilonesomedoe@hotmail.com), June 22, 2000.