Deworming

On Friday, September 15, 2017, we went to the farm and dewormed the goats. Safeguard is a dewormer. A dewormer is a drug that rids animals of parasites such as roundworm, flukes, and tapeworm. In SafeGuard, the dewormer we used for the goats, the main active ingredient is Fendbendazole. The most harmful worm that is most harmful for goats are Barber Poles. They cause anemia. A way to identify if a goat has anemia is by looking at the eye lid. If the eyelid is more white, there are pesticides which indicate Anemia. If the eyelid is more pinkish, then the goat does not have Anemia. We dewormed Walter, Wolfgang, Estelle, and Betsy. First, we stuck our thumb in the corner of the goat's mouth so we can easily put the syringe inside. Goats do not have any teeth in that particular corner of their mouth so it was easy to deworm them. Betsy got around 2.3 mL to 2.9 mL of SafeGuard. Walter, Wolfgang, and Betsy got around 1.2 mL to 1.7 mL of Safeguard.