Can you give selenium to pregnant goats?
All goats should have access to minerals at all times. Provide free-choice access to a good-quality mineral, but manage mineral feeding for appropriate intake. One mineral that is especially important to pregnant does is selenium.
What are the symptoms of selenium deficiency in goats?
Selenium (Se) 0.1 – 20 ppm Deficiency symptoms include poor growth rate, kids being unable to suckle, white muscle disease (cardiac and skeletal muscles have white spots), sudden death by heart attack, progressive paralysis and retained afterbirth.
How do you treat selenium deficiency in goats?
Even quality hay grown in the northeast is selenium deficient! The only solution is to supplement with a high quality mineral mix or block. Our Connecticut veterinary practice also recommends giving injectable selenium to pregnant animals 1 month prior to giving birth, as well as to newborns at birth.
What causes selenium deficiency in goats?
Generally, it is not known which. Selenium (Se) deficiency is associated with selenium deficient soils and the inadequate uptake of selenium by forages grown on these soils. Certain areas of the U.S., including Michigan, are considered low in selenium levels.
What can I give my goat for selenium?
Often, because vitamin E and selenium are interrelated in body functions, your goat may be deficient in both at the same time. Forage is best, while alfalfa hays are usually also good sources of selenium for goats.
What is a good source of selenium for goats?
Forage is best, while alfalfa hays are usually also good sources of selenium for goats. Yet, even in plants that would normally have good amounts, low soil selenium means low plant selenium.
How often should you give goats selenium?
It is available only by prescription from a veterinarian and is usually dosed one to four times a year, with once or twice a year being most common.
How often should I give my goats selenium?
one to four times a year
It is available only by prescription from a veterinarian and is usually dosed one to four times a year, with once or twice a year being most common.
What blocks selenium absorption?
Smoke cigarettes. Drink alcohol. Take birth control pills. Have a condition that prevents your body from absorbing enough selenium, such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis.
Can goats get too much selenium?
Goats actually become addicted to these plants if they are not completely removed from this forage. Symptoms of severe selenium toxicity include impaired vision and staggering (“blind staggers”), rear legs which won’t support the body, then muscle weakness in the front legs, and progressive weight loss.