My one yr old Nub buck has developed a crooked front leg-- this same leg was slightly crooked when he was younger ( hardly noticeable) but it went straight, now it is bowed below the knee quite a lot. It didn't seem to bother him at first but appears to hurt him some when he's more active than usual ( like when I let them into the bigger field to do some browsing) He's had this now for a couple of months-- I was waiting to see if the copper bolus took care of it. He's been wormed (Cydectin) and copper bolused.( I believe x2 now, but I'll have to double-check my records) He's black and he did have some red tinged hair, but that has cleared up. They have access to mineral with a decent selenium level. The other buck with him looks great ( he's not black-- somewhere i heard that black goats MAY need more copper) anyway they've been treated the same. Any thing I'm missing here? Since I don't really need two bucks- am thinking of options for this guy-- Never butchered a goat, but is a buck not in rut even edible? thanks, Susie
sounds like a copper issue to me but yes any goat is good to eat. unless he has been on antibiotics etc that would be in his system still
yeah, that's what I was thinking too-- ( Copper ) I'll double-check my records regarding how many times I've bbolused him. Oh btw, if i were to butcher him, I'd like to know his copper level-- where can I have the liver test done? thanks!
We run most of our liver mineral analysis at the University of Minnesota (they will also do a liver biopsy on a live animal). However, another excellent lab that I have used for liver mineral analysis is Michigan State. Sara
Hey Sara -- do you happen to have the liver copper levels -- like what is low, medium, high? Thanks Tracy
