Well as always Tim you outdid yourself and have made my head hurt with so much information. It's a good hurt and I will know where I can come back to to get information as I need it. One day do a show of the different heirloom sheep and goats you have on your farm and the pros and cons of having them. There could be a place for someone to get into with one of them and fill a niche and make a living with them. there are lots of very small farms or large lots that want just two or three sheep or goats to have more as pets but want something different, just a thought. Thanks for everything you do.
Hi, Gerald! Hope you are staying busy and staying out of trouble. We have a few friends who raise very rare sheep and goats and would be able to put together a video as you described. We will add it to the list! Thanks!
LA 200 is a good overall antibiotic that will cover most infections at a rate of 5ml per 100 pounds of body weight given as a subcutaneous injection and repeated once after 48 hours.
Hello, Steve! This is a tough question. Based on our experience, goats tend to get sick less often but get sicker and are less receptive to treatment. Sheep are a little more sensitive but seem to be easier to save. We’ve had some very sick sheep over the years that we were able to bring back to health. It seems once we get a “down” goat they rarely recover. From a genetic standpoint, we “know” hybrid animals tend to be healthier and live longer. You can see this phenomenon best in dogs. Pure breeds tend to have more health issues and decreased life spans due to dipping into the same gene pool over and over again. Bringing together different genetics causes a synergistic effect biologists refer to as “hybrid vigor”. While your mutt dog may not look as pretty or meet a breed standard, chances are it will have far less health problems, will grow better, and will have more longevity of life. This is no different with breeds of sheep and goats. Many commercial producers will take advantage of hybrid vigor in order to produce faster growing and healthier babies. So, there are a few things for you to consider.
Appeciate the videos, do you cover milk fever/hypocalcemia in any of your videos? Not sure if you've experienced that, but my first doe had 5 kids and was down shortly after. I treated her w SQ calcium gluconate and she survived. Just wondering your thoughts, not sure if feeding alfalfa pellets near kidding was the cause or the 5 kids, but I saw that vets can administer the calcium via IV, not sure if that's something you've done.
Hello and thanks for the great question. We have, unfortunately dealt with this once with a Lamancha doe. Similar circumstances and we were able to get her to survive. We should probably add this to our list of videos. Thanks for the great idea and thank you for taking the time to leave us a message. We appreciate it!
Hello, Andrew. 1.1ml per 100lbs of body weight. If you go to www.linessafarms.com and go to the upper right hand corner of the website, click on downloads, and then common goat medications. There is a large print out of most commonly used meds and dosages.
One of my sheep got choked while she was eating last week she's eating chopped hay and some grain I was there when it happened and it's been about a week when it happened she had a fluid coming out of her mouth and nose it was tinted in green, yeah I thought she was going to die but she finally got to where she was breathing good she doesn't cough every minute but when I went out there and watched her she'll just cough now and then sounds like her lungs are filled with congestion I went to tractor supply and got the LA 200 I was wondering what you think about that
Difficult to say for sure. She could be spilling her cud due to increased acidity. This will usually shows up as green throw up around the mouth and nose. You can prevent this by decreasing high acidity hay. If she’s got congestion from a bug or from aspiration pneumonia (that’s the vibe I’m getting) 5ml of LA200 per 100 pounds of body weight given subcutaneously and repeated in 48 hours. Sulfa products such as sulfadimethoxine can be added to drinking water to help effectively treat coughing sheep as well. You would need to contact your vet regarding this.
There is a national shortage. No one can find it anywhere. Based on the type of scour and reason for it, you may need to contact a vet. Do you know what the underlying cause is? If it’s simply an upset stomach, you may want to try kaolin, which is still available. If it’s a bacterial infection or coccidia, you’ll more than likely need a vet. www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ideal-animal-health-kaolin-pectin-suspension-32-oz-2209820?store=1701&cid=Shopping-Google-Organic_Feed-Product-2209820&cid=Shopping-Google-LOB-Local_Feed&Google&Shopping&LOB&Local_Feed&gclid=CjwKCAjwgr6TBhAGEiwA3aVuIfe_mHLZO7xmKSed07cyywrjkPiW8Vqkb3SUQvu3PZRP22zPO0Dq-RoCTZgQAvD_BwE
Thanks. I don't know the cause and I have been using Kaolin. I also gave a dose of penicillin. I now know why that hasn't helped. I suspect that the milk replacer is not helping things either.
This is a great question and one we run in to with people medicine sometimes. Sometimes we have patients who come in to the hospital with sepsis or some kind of infection and we either can’t narrow down what’s causing it or what we think is causing it doesn’t respond to medications. At that point, we usually draw blood cultures to see what, if any, organisms are growing in the blood. This in turn, tells us what to treat it with. The good news is, most diseases can be narrowed down through symptoms. So, for instance in sheep and goats, if we have a fever, lethargy, cough, and raspy lungs we can be pretty sure it’s an infection in the lungs and due to the temp, assume it’s a bacteria. The good news is, all the known lung bacteria in sheep and goats are gram negative bacteria. Hoof rot is another example. Hoof rot is pretty discernible and we know it is only caused by a gram negative anerobic bacteria. There are a few situations where it may be difficult to tell what is going on. These would be things like listeria which will often present as a vitamin b deficiency or worms. The key to all of these is a good assessment and some guess work. So, in the end, you can never be 100 percent sure but we don’t have the ability to run blood cultures. For the average person with an average infection this is what we would do. Even with a cbc or cmp we would only be able to see if the patient has an infection by looking at white blood cell count, etc.. You bring up some great questions and hopefully I answered some of them for you and I make sense. We appreciate you watching our videos and we appreciate you taking the time to send us a message!
Could you make an application through which the breeder can enter symptoms such as temperature and other symptoms, and the application will diagnose and treat, and you can make a lot of money and send me my share so that I can establish a goat farm and issue you😅😅
Creating an application that would “diagnose” would more than likely get me hauled into court for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. It’s a good idea though. The other problem is, most of all the meds have been made prescription only now to prevent the average people like you and I from being able to treat our animals. 🫤
Thank you! You relieved allot of anxiety for this newbie!
Incredibly insightful.. thanks
Thanka a lot Mr. Tim
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I love all of this information on this website thanks tim
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The video we needed thank you for another lesson.
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Well as always Tim you outdid yourself and have made my head hurt with so much information. It's a good hurt and I will know where I can come back to to get information as I need it. One day do a show of the different heirloom sheep and goats you have on your farm and the pros and cons of having them. There could be a place for someone to get into with one of them and fill a niche and make a living with them. there are lots of very small farms or large lots that want just two or three sheep or goats to have more as pets but want something different, just a thought. Thanks for everything you do.
Hi, Gerald! Hope you are staying busy and staying out of trouble. We have a few friends who raise very rare sheep and goats and would be able to put together a video as you described. We will add it to the list! Thanks!
Thanks very much for this video I was so worried my sheep foot is rot
We have a video on this if you haven’t seen it. Do a search for Linessa Farms Hoof Rot.
Thanks Tim, your video has totally cleared my confusion about gram-positive and gram-negative puzzles.
Iam form Nigeria and what to join your group
Thank you, Tim.
Great video. Very helpful.
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Ur da best bro thanks so much always following
Thank you!
Tim another great video I am new with sheep and have enjoyed all the videos I have seen, thanks
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Nice thank you
Amazing, i have learnt a lot... Just asking about LA 300 (Oxytetracycline) is it good for cough and flue in goats
LA 200 is a good overall antibiotic that will cover most infections at a rate of 5ml per 100 pounds of body weight given as a subcutaneous injection and repeated once after 48 hours.
Hey my friend, in your expert opinion, what is the most hearty animal, a goat or a sheep! Which animal would be less likely to get sick?
Hello, Steve! This is a tough question. Based on our experience, goats tend to get sick less often but get sicker and are less receptive to treatment. Sheep are a little more sensitive but seem to be easier to save. We’ve had some very sick sheep over the years that we were able to bring back to health. It seems once we get a “down” goat they rarely recover.
From a genetic standpoint, we “know” hybrid animals tend to be healthier and live longer. You can see this phenomenon best in dogs. Pure breeds tend to have more health issues and decreased life spans due to dipping into the same gene pool over and over again. Bringing together different genetics causes a synergistic effect biologists refer to as “hybrid vigor”. While your mutt dog may not look as pretty or meet a breed standard, chances are it will have far less health problems, will grow better, and will have more longevity of life. This is no different with breeds of sheep and goats. Many commercial producers will take advantage of hybrid vigor in order to produce faster growing and healthier babies.
So, there are a few things for you to consider.
Spectam dosage for sheep?
Generally we give 1ml twice daily for lambs and 2ml twice daily for adults.
Appeciate the videos, do you cover milk fever/hypocalcemia in any of your videos? Not sure if you've experienced that, but my first doe had 5 kids and was down shortly after. I treated her w SQ calcium gluconate and she survived. Just wondering your thoughts, not sure if feeding alfalfa pellets near kidding was the cause or the 5 kids, but I saw that vets can administer the calcium via IV, not sure if that's something you've done.
Hello and thanks for the great question. We have, unfortunately dealt with this once with a Lamancha doe. Similar circumstances and we were able to get her to survive. We should probably add this to our list of videos. Thanks for the great idea and thank you for taking the time to leave us a message. We appreciate it!
What is the dosage for draxxin in goats?
Hello, Andrew. 1.1ml per 100lbs of body weight. If you go to www.linessafarms.com and go to the upper right hand corner of the website, click on downloads, and then common goat medications. There is a large print out of most commonly used meds and dosages.
The 1.1ml/100lbs is the same for sheep and goats.
One of my sheep got choked while she was eating last week she's eating chopped hay and some grain I was there when it happened and it's been about a week when it happened she had a fluid coming out of her mouth and nose it was tinted in green, yeah I thought she was going to die but she finally got to where she was breathing good she doesn't cough every minute but when I went out there and watched her she'll just cough now and then sounds like her lungs are filled with congestion I went to tractor supply and got the LA 200 I was wondering what you think about that
Difficult to say for sure. She could be spilling her cud due to increased acidity. This will usually shows up as green throw up around the mouth and nose. You can prevent this by decreasing high acidity hay.
If she’s got congestion from a bug or from aspiration pneumonia (that’s the vibe I’m getting) 5ml of LA200 per 100 pounds of body weight given subcutaneously and repeated in 48 hours. Sulfa products such as sulfadimethoxine can be added to drinking water to help effectively treat coughing sheep as well. You would need to contact your vet regarding this.
Where can I get that spectinomycin? I can't find it online and I am having trouble with scouring kids.
There is a national shortage. No one can find it anywhere. Based on the type of scour and reason for it, you may need to contact a vet. Do you know what the underlying cause is?
If it’s simply an upset stomach, you may want to try kaolin, which is still available. If it’s a bacterial infection or coccidia, you’ll more than likely need a vet.
www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ideal-animal-health-kaolin-pectin-suspension-32-oz-2209820?store=1701&cid=Shopping-Google-Organic_Feed-Product-2209820&cid=Shopping-Google-LOB-Local_Feed&Google&Shopping&LOB&Local_Feed&gclid=CjwKCAjwgr6TBhAGEiwA3aVuIfe_mHLZO7xmKSed07cyywrjkPiW8Vqkb3SUQvu3PZRP22zPO0Dq-RoCTZgQAvD_BwE
Thanks. I don't know the cause and I have been using Kaolin. I also gave a dose of penicillin. I now know why that hasn't helped. I suspect that the milk replacer is not helping things either.
Hi Tim is this good for using enrofloxin or tetracycline for sheep
Hello. Yes. Enroflox and tetracycline can be administered subcutaneously.
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How do you know all this without blood work
This is a great question and one we run in to with people medicine sometimes. Sometimes we have patients who come in to the hospital with sepsis or some kind of infection and we either can’t narrow down what’s causing it or what we think is causing it doesn’t respond to medications. At that point, we usually draw blood cultures to see what, if any, organisms are growing in the blood. This in turn, tells us what to treat it with.
The good news is, most diseases can be narrowed down through symptoms. So, for instance in sheep and goats, if we have a fever, lethargy, cough, and raspy lungs we can be pretty sure it’s an infection in the lungs and due to the temp, assume it’s a bacteria. The good news is, all the known lung bacteria in sheep and goats are gram negative bacteria. Hoof rot is another example. Hoof rot is pretty discernible and we know it is only caused by a gram negative anerobic bacteria. There are a few situations where it may be difficult to tell what is going on. These would be things like listeria which will often present as a vitamin b deficiency or worms. The key to all of these is a good assessment and some guess work. So, in the end, you can never be 100 percent sure but we don’t have the ability to run blood cultures.
For the average person with an average infection this is what we would do. Even with a cbc or cmp we would only be able to see if the patient has an infection by looking at white blood cell count, etc..
You bring up some great questions and hopefully I answered some of them for you and I make sense. We appreciate you watching our videos and we appreciate you taking the time to send us a message!
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Thank you.
Could you make an application through which the breeder can enter symptoms such as temperature and other symptoms, and the application will diagnose and treat, and you can make a lot of money and send me my share so that I can establish a goat farm and issue you😅😅
Creating an application that would “diagnose” would more than likely get me hauled into court for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. It’s a good idea though. The other problem is, most of all the meds have been made prescription only now to prevent the average people like you and I from being able to treat our animals. 🫤
@LinessaFarms Legally, he may have shared it with a veterinarian.