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This is a very good article on hypocalcemia. Although, written for goats, it can be applied to sheep.
Hypocalcemia:
How to Recognize, Treat and Prevent It
Sue Reith
Introduction: The small segment of the goat population in which Hypocalcemia is primarily found is rarely seen by a veterinarian in large livestock practice, whose clients are more likely to be business-oriented raisers of hair or meat goats, or those that keep dairy goats for commercial milk production. Generally it is the small-animal practice veterinarian, not particularly familiar with or experienced in caprine management, that is called upon to treat the pet goats, family milkers, and show stock kept in relatively small, home-oriented herds. |
Purpose: This article is presented to provide information for goat owners that will enable them to avoid hypocalcemia. It was also written to encourage veterinarians that read this information , when called upon to treat does with the symptoms outlined below to ask, before making a diagnosis, a very simple, fundamental question: "What are you currently feeding this animal, and how much of each substance is being fed?" |
Goat Owners: Please feel free to give a copy of this article to your veterinarian. |
How can I tell early on that my goat has hypocalcemia?
Hypocalcemia is a correctable metabolic disorder (condition), and not a disease. Regarding the lack of resource material covering this disorder, I will say that I have been making a valiant effort to encourage the veterinarians who write these books to update their work to include it, but progress is slow. While most of goat management coverage in our current resource books is quite helpful, in this particular area I see the following deficiencies: |
Sue Reith
Carmelita Toggs
Bainbridge Island WA
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