Goat Diseases and Health Conditions

Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA)

Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis

Lymph nodes

Abscesses

Cheez whiz

Foot rot

- Dichelobacter nodosus

- Wet, marshy

- Lameness

Johnes Disease (paratuberculosis)

thickening or folding of intestinal wall

semen, milk, feces,placenta

Ketosis (Pregnancy toxemia)

mutiple fetuses -> less rumen capacity

Body Condition Score (BCS) <= 2 or >= 4

Prevent with good BCS

Listeriosis

-encephalitis

-Attacks cranial nerve 7, drooping face and food accumulation on one side

-oral route

-Listeria zoonotic

-homemade cheese? Must be pasteurized

Mastitis

dry-period

Staphylococcus

Mastitis in goats more serious than cows

Tetanus (Clostridium tetani)

wounds

tonic spasms (seesaw stance, laying on side with legs locked)

Vaccination (CDT most common)

Potentially fatal

Enterotoxemia (Clostridium perfringens type C)

young animals -> dysentery(enteritis+bloody diarrhea)

trypsin inactivates toxin but colostrum inhibits trypsin

Brucellosis

Abortion, orchitis, and epididymitis

Unpasteurized milk

Malta Fever

Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis(virus)

mostly dairy goat breeds

Arthritis, ataxia (uncoordinated movement, wobbling), mastitis

Contagious Ecthyma (Sore mouth/Orf, virus)

zoonotic

papules and vesicles

mouth, feet, udder

Chlamydial Abortion (Chlamydia psittaci)

-most common type of abortion disease

last month of pregnancy

Lice (pediculosis)

-irritation, anemia, weight loss

more common in winter months

biting and sucking louse

Mites (Mange)

Sarcoptic (zoonotic)

Crusts and pruritus

usually on head and neck

Chorioptic mange

papules and crusts on feet and legs

Demodectic mange

papules and nodules

white grayish exudate in nodules (mites inside)

Coccidia (protozoa)

destroy the crypts of intestine -> unable to absorb nutrients

Diarrhea, weight loss

Trichostrongyles, Ostertagia (G.I. worms)

stomach pain, loss of body weight, diarrhea