Goat Medicine Cabinet

 Goat First Aid Kit

Quick reference Guide to the Goat Medicine Supplies to have on hand

These are things I keep in mine along with the dosages I use- and divided into Must Haves, Should Haves and Nice to Haves - Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!

Basics you can get at drug stores:

Must Haves 

•  Thermometer- a digital one for humans is just fine.. they have cheap ones at walmart.
•  Box of baking soda for rumen pH
•  Cayenne pepper (for stopping bleeding from injuries)
•  Molasses or karo syrup for kid saver formula
•  Peroxide for cleansing wounds
•  Alcohol for cleaning injection sites and needles and tops of injectable bottle stoppers
•  Milk of Magnesia - for constipated goats or goats who have eaten something you need to get rid of
•  Pepto Bismol- in small amounts for coating the stomach lining- too much will stop them up
  
• A Tube of Activated Charcoal (found at Jeffers, Feed stores or ValleyVet)for neutralizing the gut should the goat eat anything toxic

 Nice to Haves:

• Antibiotic ointment like neosporin- for injuries
• Baby aspirin do NOT use- Ibuprofen, tylenol or advil.. ONLY real 100% aspirin - regular strength if you can't find the baby
• Gauze for wounds
  If you can find cast supplies get them- if not gauze and plaster of paris will work for broken legs
•  Benadryl (children's is fine and either capsules or liquid-) for allergic reactions to bee stings, bites and hay allergy breathing problems
• Coffee for kid saver formula
• Surgical gloves can be found in  Walmart pharmacy department for a small package- buy larger packages at online supply houses.
• Yogurt with live bacteria in it for rumen flora to use in case you do not have Probiotic paste
• Olive or corn oil for enema treatment that is not responding to the warm soapy water
• Tide Powered Detergent for treating frothy bloat- add 1 tsp to half gallon of water give orally
• Vasoline
• Diaper ointment or hemorrhoid cream for topical skin abrasions, the hemorrhoid cream reduces topical swelling from a difficult kidding, the diaper ointment is great for pizzle rot
• Hair color or hair perm bottle for administering enemas

Must Haves:

• Bottle of Penicillan Procaine G - for injury and infection (dosage is 1cc/25 lbs SubQ and Always draw back on the plunger before injecting Penicillin)
• Bottle of B vitamin complex (fortified if you can get it because it has more thiamine in it )- for stress and getting well (Dosage SubQ 1cc/25lbs)
• Bottle of Tylan 200 (not LA200) The generic is called tylosin 1% (not Tylan50 either -)- for pneumonia and pink eye (Dosage 1cc/25lbs SubQ or take needle Off and drip in eye a couple drops per eye for pink eye)
• Tetanus Antitoxin for injury, disbudding, castration, puncture wounds as a preventative for tetanus (Equine origin 1500 units per vial has approx 3.5 ccs in it, I use half vial for kids at banding time and an entire bottle for adult goat injury- SubQ)
• CD Anti toxin  which is not the same as CDT- used for enterotoxemia symptoms for babies and adults and can be a life saver to a potentially fatal situation (dosage 1cc/5lbs SubQ)
• Ivomec Plus dewormer- used at the rate of 1cc/40lbs SubQ