[moody_mare]

Hi,

What wormers do you use?  and which flukicide do you use?

Thank you in advance

[Anke]

I always do a worm count before I worm, and then use wormer as advised by my vet. Mine seem to be resistant to panacur (white wormers), so i am on yellow ones atm. If you do a worm count 10 days after first wormer has been given you will find out about resistance.

Fluke can be included in the initial worm count, mine don't have it.

I use Fasinex on my sheep, who get fluke but no worm burden that needs treating.

[plumseverywhere]

we don't have fluke where we are and have used panacur this time round (drench)

[jaykay]

What do you do about milk withdrawal with Fascinex?

[Anke]

With any medicines not licensed for goats it is usually advised to have at least 7 days withdrawal for milk, for meat I would follow the guidelines for sheep. The milk can however be safely fed to any (goat)kids and/or lambs straight after treatment, the withdrawal only applies to humans.

My vet is quite against using injectable wormers/flukicides on goats in lactation, but feels that the drenches flush much quicker through their system.

I am not sure if fluke is really a problem in goats, mine do not go into the wet field (where the sheep get theirs from).

[jaykay]

Thanks Anke. I'm not sure mine have fluke either, they do go into the wet fields but since they don't exactly graze....?

[Anke]

You can usually see if a sheep/lamb is infected with fluke - mealy nose, runny backend and pale membranes. I would think goats would show similar symptons - if they have normal droppings and are generally thriving I wouldn't worry. If you get a worm count done next ask for a fluke count as well.

I haven't even wormed my goats this autumn, as I can see no signs of worms being there, milk yield is fairly quickly affected in mine and they all milk as epxected for December...