Alittle back story... I "acquired" two adult bucks (7 years and 4 years) from a bad situation. Poor nutrition(they were being fed corn and apples), lack of worming protocol, etc... It was an emergency situation so they were transferred in (up to date on TB testing) and quarantined. They came in with diarrhea and terrible bristle coats. They were being kept in a marshy area with clay for soil and farm fowl (chickens, etc). While they were down for transport they were given an injection of ivomec plus and oral panacur as well as baytril. They had a lot of matter in their eyes and nose and swelling along the jaw in addition to labored breathing after waking from sedation. I was able to get them thru that. Well, who knew that they would bust THROUGH (peeled it back like a sardine can) the chain link fence to get in with the rest of the herd. GAH!
Fast forward over a month.... I am STILL battling diarrhea with them and have lost a yearling (from the same location) which broke with mucousy diarrhea , then bloody diarrhea then death within 10 days. Findings upon necropsy were : pneumonia, lesions on the liver (NOT TB) , and ruptured intestines as well as a lobe of the liver that was so infested with thread-like worms that it was dead. (Remember that this came from the same location as the other adult bucks)
I was able to segregate some of the herd but they kept working the fence so it seemed like an expensive effort in futility to keep them completely quarantined. So, within the few that are with them they have passed the diarrhea around. With my deer , if I catch the diarrhea within 24 hours of when it starts and treat with an injection of baytril and an injection of C&D antitoxin they are right as rain. But I'll be darned if I cant clear the two older bucks of the diarrhea. Even the vets are stumped!
Here is the run down: Original fecal test showed - liver flukes, lung worm, coccidia . They were treated and now have negative fecals.
matter in the eyes has cleared (mostly)
Respiratory signs have cleared (no more labored breathing or coughing)
What they have been treated with- wormers - Albendazole, ivomec +, corid, metronidazole, panacur
Antibiotics - Baytril (only one that seems to make a difference), neomycin, primor (sulpha drug), pen G, tetracycline
They have also gotten- banamine, meloxicam ( anti-inflammatory), c&d antitoxin, tagament, probiotics , electrolyes,
Diet - hay (timothy / alfalfa ) , purina pellets, small amount of corn, browse, calf mana and I have offered hay stretcher for fiber but have discontinued that.
There may be more that Im missing... Im a bit frazzled.
The ONLY thing that seems to help is the c&d antitoxin and baytril daily. And that only gets me from complete unpredictable projectile water poops, to pudding plops , not normal pellets. Ive tried pulling them off of everything for 24 hours to see if that helped and I ended up back to square one!
They eat well, body condition is ok (other than the coat and the younger bucks hooves are EXTREMELY over grown, but I associate that with liver damage), they are growing racks and the older buck now trots alittle. The one with the over grown hooves looks the worst, he has been persistently "frizzed" since he came.
Im spending about 16 hours a day on these deer,and waaayy too much $$$. Im looking for suggestions....I feel like Im beating my head against the wall. Fawn season is coming and I MUST get this figured out before then!
Please help before I go completely over the edge!!! lol
Fast forward over a month.... I am STILL battling diarrhea with them and have lost a yearling (from the same location) which broke with mucousy diarrhea , then bloody diarrhea then death within 10 days. Findings upon necropsy were : pneumonia, lesions on the liver (NOT TB) , and ruptured intestines as well as a lobe of the liver that was so infested with thread-like worms that it was dead. (Remember that this came from the same location as the other adult bucks)
I was able to segregate some of the herd but they kept working the fence so it seemed like an expensive effort in futility to keep them completely quarantined. So, within the few that are with them they have passed the diarrhea around. With my deer , if I catch the diarrhea within 24 hours of when it starts and treat with an injection of baytril and an injection of C&D antitoxin they are right as rain. But I'll be darned if I cant clear the two older bucks of the diarrhea. Even the vets are stumped!
Here is the run down: Original fecal test showed - liver flukes, lung worm, coccidia . They were treated and now have negative fecals.
matter in the eyes has cleared (mostly)
Respiratory signs have cleared (no more labored breathing or coughing)
What they have been treated with- wormers - Albendazole, ivomec +, corid, metronidazole, panacur
Antibiotics - Baytril (only one that seems to make a difference), neomycin, primor (sulpha drug), pen G, tetracycline
They have also gotten- banamine, meloxicam ( anti-inflammatory), c&d antitoxin, tagament, probiotics , electrolyes,
Diet - hay (timothy / alfalfa ) , purina pellets, small amount of corn, browse, calf mana and I have offered hay stretcher for fiber but have discontinued that.
There may be more that Im missing... Im a bit frazzled.
The ONLY thing that seems to help is the c&d antitoxin and baytril daily. And that only gets me from complete unpredictable projectile water poops, to pudding plops , not normal pellets. Ive tried pulling them off of everything for 24 hours to see if that helped and I ended up back to square one!
They eat well, body condition is ok (other than the coat and the younger bucks hooves are EXTREMELY over grown, but I associate that with liver damage), they are growing racks and the older buck now trots alittle. The one with the over grown hooves looks the worst, he has been persistently "frizzed" since he came.
Im spending about 16 hours a day on these deer,and waaayy too much $$$. Im looking for suggestions....I feel like Im beating my head against the wall. Fawn season is coming and I MUST get this figured out before then!
Please help before I go completely over the edge!!! lol
