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How do I know if my goats have worms? Worms (internal parasi
Bottle-jaw
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Goats with bottle jaw are in danger of dying. The cause of bottle jaw generally barber's pole worm but can also be liver-fluke or Johne's disease
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Clumped faeces indicate worms. Tapeworms can be identified by the white rice like segments in the manure & these can be an issue in kids.
Pale mucous membranes
Tapeworm segments & clumped faeces
Pale mucous membranes
When mucous membranes are this pale your goats are in danger of dying of barbers' pole worms. They need urgent treatment.
Services to help you control worms on your farm
FAMACHA (c) courses
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
Worm Egg Count Courses
Arrange to host a FAMACHA (c) course on your farm and invite goat (sheep or alpaca) owners. $500 & travel plus cards at cost. Quotes given to goat clubs who often make a profit by running these courses. Zoom courses are also held regularly and a recording can be purchased.
Worm Egg Count Courses
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
Worm Egg Count Courses
I run these courses for goat owners that wish to do their own worm egg counts. Participants need to first buy their own microscope and egg counting chambers. An introduction to Worm Egg Counting via Zoom is also available with notes that list suppliers.
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
I inspect your pastures, study your past records, current paddocks & rotations then advise you on a plan to control worms on your farm. I jointly wrote the WormBoss goat website and I am a veterinarian who can advise on the correct worm drench dose rates that goats need.
BIOWORMA
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
Individual Property Worm Control Plans
We sell 2kg packs of Bioworma across Australia. We keep supplies on hand at all times. We sell a lot of BioWorma and can therefore keep our prices low. These are insured and posted by Australia Post. We can also provide 7.5 kg or 15 kg buckets for larger herds. A 50 kg goat needs 3 grams of BioWorma a day.
Faecal Egg Count Reduction Tests
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
I arrange faecal or fecal egg counts reduction tests for drench resistance by a modified method that allows the test to be done in small herds of goats. Also DrenchChecks, which are suitable for small numbers of goats are done with recommendations on future actions.
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
Small amounts of worm drench or COWP boluses
Small amounts of worm drench or Copper Oxide Wire Particle boluses can be provided via prescription to clients (whose property I have visited or goats I have seen) as part of a worm plan. See also the fact-sheet below or on on the blog & factsheet page about using COWP boluses for barbers pole worms. Also I run a buying club for local goat owners.
Some of Goat Veterinary Consultancies - goatvetoz blog posts
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
Drenching is best as worms are in the gut, so the deworming drug needs to be there as well. Pour-ons and injections have been shown to lead to the development of resistance in goats. The drench needs to be at a higher dose rate than the sheep dose on the label so a prescription is needed. Read more in the blog.
Can Copper Oxide Wire Particle boluses kill goat worms ?
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
Goat Veterinary Consultancies - goatvetoz has written a fact-sheet about COWP boluses which can be downloaded above. COWP have been shown to kill barbers pole worms in goats but their use must be done with care and no more than 4 times a year. Read more in the blog.
How do you drench a goat for worms?
Do I use a Drench, Pour-on or Injection to treat goats for worms?
How do you drench a goat for worms?
The easiest way to deliver a drench to a goat is to is to buy a proper drench gun with a metal nozzle that goes over the goat's tongue. Keep the head horizontal. Use the higher dose rate prescribed by your vet and always do a worm egg count 14 days afterwards. Read more in the blog.
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