Read Part 1 and Part 2 to hear the first part of the story! At this point in the story Storm is still showing rear end weakness, and we’re pretty sure he has a meningeal worm infection. The curative treatment we followed was oral dosing of Safeguard at 10 times the standard rate for 5 […]
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Storm the Goat and his Meningeal Worm Infection (Part 3)
Posted in Goats, tagged goats, homestead, parasites on November 16, 2016 | 2 Comments »
Storm the Goat and his Meningeal Worm Infection (Part 2)
Posted in Goats, tagged goats, homestead, parasites on November 15, 2016 | 1 Comment »
In Part 1 I detailed the situation and symptoms we found in Storm… He had a low temperature and weakness in his rear end. The symptoms seemed unrelated in that I couldn’t find one illness that listed both problems as symptoms. I decided the first priority would be to address his low temperature, which indicated […]
Storm the Goat and his Meningeal Worm Infection (Part 1)
Posted in Goats, tagged goats, homestead, parasites on November 14, 2016 | 2 Comments »
This fall our goat wether Storm fell ill with what we believe was a meningeal worm infection. We cannot confirm this was his illness as that would have required lab testing of his cerebrospinal fluid, but the situation and symptoms would indicate a meningeal worm infection. Today I’m sharing our experience in the hopes it […]