The Medicine Chest - First Aid Kit

Goats are well in-tune with Murphy's Law. They never get sick or hurt during office hours. If you have a good working relationship with your vet he will appreciate you being able, and having the needed supplies to do basic procedures. This is just a basic starter list to keep you prepared in case of a Sunday night emergency. In the case of Polio, Entrotoximia, or a chilled kid, you don't have time to drive to a vet or wait for one to arrive. Follow the Boy Scout motto - be prepared.

Market Wethers or Pets

• Fortified B Complex - to keep aggressive appetites
• Thiamine (available from vet only)- wethers and goats on feed are prone to thiamine deficiency polio
• Naxcel or Excenel (antibiotics available from vet only - 0 withdrawal)
• Penicillin - for snotty noses and polio
• Eprinephrine (for anaphylactic shock when given injections)
• Kaopectate or Pepto - for scours
• Phazyme and Vegetable Oil - first defense for bloat
• Probiotics - give when off feed or after antibiotic treatment
• Electrolites - prevent dehydration during stress
• Ammonia Chloride - for urinary calculi
• Kaptan or Clorox for ringworm & other fungi
• 3cc and 12cc Syringes
• 18g x 1" and 22g x 1" Needles
• Drench gun or syringe
• Hoof Trimmers - use regularly

General Supplies

• Antibiotics
• Pennicillin
• Naxcel or Excenel (antibiotics available from vet only)
• LA 200, Tylan, or Gentamycin (Gentamycin is available from vet only, and is not cleared for food animals)
• Banimine (available from vet only)
• Dexamethazone
• Fortified B Complex - to keep aggressive appetites
• Thiamine (available from vet only)- wethers and goats on feed are prone to thiamin deficiency polio
• Eprinephrine (for anaphylactic shock when given injections)
• Probiotics - give when off feed or after antibiotic treatment
• Electrolites - prevent dehydration during stress
• Kaopectate or Pepto - for scours
• Phazyme and Vegetable Oil - first defense for bloat
• 50% Dextrose
• Ringers solution (IV electrolites can be given under the skin)
• CD&T Toxoid
• C&D Antitoxin
• Tetanus Antitoxin
• Thermometer
• Stethoscope
• 3cc and 12cc Syringes
• 18g x 1" and 22g x 1" Needles
• Drench gun or syringe
• Hoof Trimmers - use regularly
• Stomach Tube for adult goats
• hemostats

Kidding Supplies

• Oxitocin (available from vet only)
• 7% Iodine - to dip navels
• Dental Floss - tie off long cords
• Scissors (cut dental floss & long cords)
• Towels and/or newspapers
• Estramate or Lutylace (available from vet only) - use to induce labor or cause abortion
• Dexamethazone (available from vet only) - use to induce labor or give to preemie newborns to help with immature lungs
• 50% Dextrose Solution - give to chilled down kids
• Calcium Glutamate or CMPK
• Feeding tube and syringe
• Towels and newspapers
• Pritcher Nipples & coke bottles
• Listerine or other disinfectant
• OB Lube
• OB Exam gloves
• Uterine Boluses
• Lamb puller
• Collar & Snaps or halter & lead (to restrain uncooperative doe)

Kidding Extras

• Notebook & Pen (to record birth information)
• Scales & bucket (to weigh kids)
• Kid tags & taggers (identification for kids)
• Baby monitor (listen to the does progress from inside)