Caprine

Question 1

Foot rot

Answer 1

Trim hooves
Keep away from wet and marshy areas
Causes lameness

Question 2

Johne’s Disease

Answer 2

diarrhea
Emaciation
Thickening of intestinal wall, can’t absorb nutrients

Question 3

Ketosis

Answer 3

Smells like acetone
Not enough energy
Multiple fetus leaves less rumen capacity
Prevent by having a good body condition scoring

Question 4

Listeriosis

Answer 4

Zoonotic
Transmission through fecal oral route
Encephalitis (affects brain and cranial nerves)

Question 5

Mastitis

Answer 5

Inflammation of udder
Staphylococcus (goats)
Clinical vs subclinical
Acute vs chronic

Question 6

Teatanus

Answer 6

Clostridium tetani produces toxins that cause muscle spams
Enters through wounds
Prevent by vaccinating

Question 7

Enterotoxemia

Answer 7

Small intestine becomes inflamed
Over eating disease
Trypsin inactivated toxin but colostrum inhibits trypsin (young kid)

Question 8

Brucellosis

Answer 8

Zoonotic (Malta fever in human)
Abortion, orchitis (inflamed testes) epididymitis
Can get from unpasteurized milk

Question 9

Caprine arthritis encephalitis

Answer 9

Arthritis, ataxia (brain), mastitis

Question 10

Contagious Ecthyma

Answer 10

Zoonotic
Papules (pimples) and vesicles
On mouth, feet, udder
(Pierce goats have this )

Question 11

Chlamydial abortion

Answer 11

Most common type of abortion disease

Occurs in last month prego

Question 12

Lice

Answer 12

Biting and suckling
More common in winter months
Causes anemia, irritation, weight loss

Question 13

Mites (mange)

Answer 13

-sarcoptic
Crust and pruritus (itchy) on head and neck
-chorioptic
Papules and crust on feet and legs
-demodectic
Papules and nodules- white grayish exudate in nodules

Question 14

Coccidia

Answer 14

Destroy the cryps (villi) unable to absorb nutrients

Diarrhea and weight loss

Question 15

Trichostrongyles (G.I WORMS)

Answer 15

Stomach pain
Loss of body weight
Diarrhea
DEWORM!