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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

[AlpacaTalk] Re: Low milk production

Easy enough to do if you are expecting a low-milker, but that doesn't
help much in my case. :) We've been lucky enough not to have any
females with low milk production issues but have had a few as maidens
who don't produce what they should.

Thanks for the info!

Liz

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, "Jess Bowers" <alpacas@...> wrote:
>
> Not only should Domperidone be started 3-5 days prior to birth, it
has far
> less efficacy when given after birth and little or no efficacy when
first
> given several days after birth.
>
> Jess
>
> Jess & Cookie Bowers
> Acres of Love Alpaca Ranch
> Acres of Love Alpaca Transport
> 11006 N 92nd East Ave
> Owasso, OK 74055-6531
> (918) 829-9987
> Fax (918) 272-0969
> WWW.Acresoflove.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "turkeycreekalpacas" <turkeycreek@...>
> To: <AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:01 AM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Low milk production
>
>
> > Allison,
> >
> > I hadn't heard of using Domperidone before birth. I guess if you
have
> > one that you know will not have enough milk. In this case, she's a
> > maiden and her dam had milk so we had no reason to suspect
anything
> > other.
> >
> > We started her on herbs about 4 weeks prior to her due date but
she
> > dropped about 5 days early.
> >
> > Thanks for the response! Another good piece of info for my
birthing
> > book!
> >
> > Liz
>

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