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Pour-ons have a low efficacy. Stick with drench or injetable and only worm those that actually need it. Better yet, get a fecal run occasionally to see if any of your stock really needs it. For decades, horse people taught each other to worm based on a calendar and switch classes each cycle. Now...

Really, if you can't get a vet to look at him, we are all just shooting in the dark here. You could treat him for foot rot, it may help, it may not. The reality is, if he has a stifle injury or spinal issue, a truck to the sale barn is the only thing that will help him. In my experience, big old...

A number of causes may make him "park out" like this. It's unlikely at his age and being intact that UC (urinary calculi) is the issue. Foot issues may cause them to take a unusual stance, but if you closely, when he parks like this, he's actually putting tons of pressure on his toes and its...

I use pretty much the same game plan, except I only de-worm freshly weaned calves and only the adults that appear to need it. If possible, I like to have a fecal and blood test run on anything that looks poorly. After years in Boer goats, I have learned a lot about de-wormer resistance and how...

Too much protein too fast....

There really is zero point in prolonging the inevitable with this one. I'm see posts left and right on social media in regards to various animals with loss of limbs due to frostbite because of recent cold snaps and storms in parts of the country that don't usually have to deal with it. It's...

It seems odd to me that one calf in a group would present with thiamine deficiency. Since its basically a dietary issue, if only one shows signs, it would usually be an underlying issue in the rest of the herd too... Any other time of the year and I would suspect Lymes as a possible cause... Too...

I utilize salt with EDDI (iodine) on all my stock (goats, cattle, horses ) 24/7/365. Aside from good husbandry (keeping loafing and feed areas clean and dry, maintaining overall animal health, ect), I have found its the most effective way to promote hoof health...

We honestly have never had an issue keeping our goats in their pastures/pens or with them jumping on stuff. Having said that, because we started out running them in tandem with our beef cattle, the fences all had hot wires that were pulse-less and HOT! Drench in our area means given orally...

If it is an infection, rather than infestation, the Nuflor already administered SHOULD work.

Proper use of de-wormers is something we have learned the hard way with goats. Boers are notorious for poor parasite resistance. As a result, we have learned to cull lower resistance lines and be more wise in our application of de-wormers. For us, that means only de-worming those that need it...

Actually, for lung worm, giving Valbazen twice, drench two weeks apart is recommended.... Sounds like the vet administered Nuflor for respritory issues, and advised deworming for lung worms. I would have a fecal done. If one has lung worm, most of yours probably do. Easy way to tell (aside from...

That's ringworm. There are tons of various treatments recommended. We've only had it on some show stock (shows are notorious for being great places to pick up shyte like this), and found hemorrhoid cream worked well (buy online, trust me!).

Lucky, our vet ran some tests on some females for us this summer that looked like poor doers for no obvious reason and said they were infected with a protozoa that looks similar to Cocci and is acquired by ingesting unclean water. Vet said that particular protozoa itself did not generally kill...

I confess, I use tubs during the fall/winter/spring (so most of the year here lol) on a case by case basis. For example, I put a Purina Stress tub out for Titan and my daughters cows a few weeks ago. Titan is showing his age a bit lately, one cow is a first calver about to wean a huge bull calf...

No, they don't always move. Trust me. And if they do break, it usually break at the top, not anywhere near the switch. It's not a huge deal if one does break, but it does make drawing blood for preg check less than easy in the future...

I too won't use a hot shot. If it is necessary, it also means I am putting them on the trailer for their final ride. Breaking a tail is very easy to do, I assure you. More than one of our show heifers have been so lazy, that they are even given caffeine paste to perk them up in the ring and had...

There are plenty of lazy show heifers out there with broken tails to prove that it happens fairly easy....