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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: tattycat on June 18, 2015, 08:56:16 pm

Title: potential fatty liver...
Post by: tattycat on June 18, 2015, 08:56:16 pm
Any ideas for treatment?Thanks
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: farmvet on June 18, 2015, 11:45:23 pm
collate rapide -twin lamb drench; b vitamins; depending on cause & severity- electrlytes eg restore by tube, red bull, judicious use of steroids or antiendotoxins such as flunixin, probiotics, stout
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: Penninehillbilly on June 19, 2015, 11:41:33 am
Curious - what's fatty liver ?
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on June 19, 2015, 01:00:05 pm
Curious - what's fatty liver ?
http://infovets.com/books/smrm/F/F650.htm (http://infovets.com/books/smrm/F/F650.htm)
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 19, 2015, 10:23:42 pm
That's scary. My girl has eight days to go. She has been at the mineral lick quite a lot lately. Anything I can do?
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: Anke on June 19, 2015, 10:47:09 pm
As long as she is eating her concentrate ration and has plenty of exercise she should be fine  :fc: and check that udder isn't too tight and hot.
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: Penninehillbilly on June 20, 2015, 08:33:15 pm
Thanks WBF, didn't realise it was another name for Pregnancy Tox.
Title: Re: potential fatty liver...
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 20, 2015, 11:02:18 pm
As long as she is eating her concentrate ration and has plenty of exercise she should be fine  :fc: and check that udder isn't too tight and hot.


Her udder is fine. Getting bigger but still softish. She spends most of the day lying in the shed but does come out every time she sees me. Her appetite seems to have lessened but I don't think she has much room in there for food atm. I'll just keep an eye on her. She was fine last time.