Clearly one of the fastest growing industries in the Abilene region is meat goats. Especially club goats for youngsters. At many area stock shows, meat goats have overtaken sheep numbers. This has happened in just a few years, and the trend to meat goats continues to grow.
Trouble is, health care for meat goats is a new ballgame for many folks.
Dr. Jimmy Smith, widely known veterinarian of Winters, addressed health care for goats at the annual Taylor County Sheep and Goat Raisers Association Meeting in Abilene earlier this week. Smith devoted much of his talk to the control of parasites. That's not always true. For example, when dealing with internal parasites, Ivermectin works great on sheep in killing worms. Experience shows that Ivermectin will work as an injectible or in drench form for goats.