ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

Without warning your goat can have a drug reaction from an antibiotic injection or a vaccine such as Tetanus, C&D or an Antitoxin. Symptoms range from difficult breathing, collapse, seizures, severe distress and death. Your best protection is to always have a little bottle of Epinephrine (#21M) in your back pocket at shot time. A simple 1-cc SubQ injection can quickly save a life. Is there anything you can d if you don't have Epinephrine? Well, I've had folks tell me that they were successful in reviving their goat administering a liquid antihistamine. My advice: have the Epinephrine on hand. It's inexpensive insurance the trauma of standing helplessly by while your goat loses its life.