Sick Goat and Lamb Can’t Get Up! Polio: A Comprehensive Treatment Guide

Sick Goat and Lamb Can’t Get Up! Polio: A Comprehensive Treatment Guide. In this video, Tim discusses Lamb and Goat Polio. Please check out the information below! Always consult your local veterinarian! We are not veterinarians; medicating livestock without veterinarian direction is dangerous and can lead to animal death. Our music is provided by Bensound. For more information about Bensound, check them out at www.bensound.com.


Signs and symptoms of Goat and Lamb Polio:
-Muscle rigidity
-Lack of coordination
-Periorbital swelling (swelling around the eyes)
-Blindness/stargazing
-Seizure activity
-Head turned over the back
-Hunching/Arching of the back



Treatment for goat and lamb polio is as follows:

-5ml Vitamin B complex (containing 100mg vitamin B1/thiamine) subcutaneously, every 12 hours until symptoms improve.
-For acute/severe cases, consider 2ml given intramuscularly once in addition to subcutaneous injections.

-Once symptoms improve, continue 5ml Vitamin B complex every day for another 5 days.
-Continue to give 5ml Vitamin B complex once a week for one month.
-Consider Dexamethasone for inflammation, 1ml per 20-50lbs body weight, subcutaneously, every 24 hours.
-Temporary blindness may be occurring. Please consider providing an oral drench of water if needed.
-Consider placing animals in a small pen where water and food are easily accessible.
-Vitamin B Complex is available over the counter at most big box farm stores.
-Dexamethasone is available by prescription only.




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