Things You'll Need
- Injectable selenium-vitamin E blend, such as Bo-Se
- 1cc syringe
- 22 gauge needle
- 400 IU vitamin E capsule
Instructions
Observe the newborn kid for white muscle disease symptoms, such as an inability to stand or legs buckling while the kid is standing. In older kids signs will be stiffness or an abnormal gait after playing, exercising or stress.
Dry and warm the newborn kid. Bottle-feed it some colostrum or hold it so it can suckle its mother.
Draw up the prescribed dosage of selenium-vitamin E blend into the syringe, based on your veterinarian's recommendation.
Pinch the skin around the goat's shoulder area, insert the needle, and push down on the plunger to administer the blend to the goat subcutaneously. Rub the area after you give the injection.
Pierce the vitamin E capsule with a pin and squirt the liquid directly into the kid's mouth.
Give the vitamin E once a day for one week.