What can I give my goats for selenium deficiency?
1 BoSe is an injectable selenium with vitamin E, which enhances absorption. 2 MultiMin is an injectable cattle mineral that contains zinc, manganese, copper, and selenium. 3 Selenium gel is given orally. 4 Replamin and ReplaminPlus are oral gels that have selenium, as well as other minerals, such as copper.
When to give selenium injections to goat kids?
Selenium-deficient dams produce selenium-deficient kids. Kids are injected with BoSe at birth, again at one month of age, and if the soil is very selenium deficient, injections are repeated at two and at three months of age. Use 1/4 cc BoSe for small-breed goat kids and 1/2 cc BoSe for medium-to-large-breed goat kids.
How often should I give my Goat medicine?
Use no more frequently than every 12 hours (stomach ulcers are possible) unless goat is dying, justifying the risk. Dosage is 1 cc per 100 lbs. body weight IM. A newborn kid with fever at Onion Creek Ranch would receive an injection of no more than 1/10 cc IM. Keeps best in hot climates when refrigerated. Must-have medication; never run out.
How long do goats withhold milk after taking Ivomec?
Add 1 day for each additional day the drug is used (e.g. if administered 2 days in a row then withhold milk for 5 days after 2nd dose). Ivomec Sheep Drench (0.08% or 0.8 mg/ml): 0.4 mg/kg orally; meat withdrawal time is 14 days and milk withdrawal is 9 days.
How much selenium do you need to feed a goat?
Goats require 0.2 parts per million of selenium, and the toxic level is 3 ppm. Some symptoms of selenium deficiency are identical to those of selenium toxicity.
Can a selenium deficiency cause white muscle disease in goats?
With kidding season around the corner, it’s time to talk about selenium deficiency. Selenium deficiency in goats can cause white muscle disease in goats, also known as nutritional muscular dystrophy. However, a deficiency in vitamin E can cause the same symptoms.
Selenium-deficient dams produce selenium-deficient kids. Kids are injected with BoSe at birth, again at one month of age, and if the soil is very selenium deficient, injections are repeated at two and at three months of age. Use 1/4 cc BoSe for small-breed goat kids and 1/2 cc BoSe for medium-to-large-breed goat kids.
Why did my goat die from selenium toxicity?
It has far more selenium in it than BoSe, and I know people who have accidentally killed multiple goats when using this product, and lab results showed that the goats died from kidney and liver failure due to selenium and copper toxicity. Replamin and ReplaminPlus are oral gels that have selenium, as well as other minerals, such as copper.
