Goats

Question 1

Eimeria treatment

Answer 1

feed coccidiostat preventative

Question 2

Clostridium novyi

Answer 2

type 1 - infections necrotic hepatitis “blacks disease”

Question 3

Erysipelothrix

Answer 3

one of the causes of joint-ill

Question 4

Mycoplasma mycoised ssp. mycoides

Answer 4

Swollen joints - remain carriers post treatment

Question 5

Pasteurella multocide

Answer 5

bronchopneumonia with a cranioventral lung distribution

Question 6

Estrous length

Answer 6

21 days

Question 7

Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus

Answer 7

Leukoencephalomyelitis of kids 2-6 months old and polysynovitis-arthritis in goats 6 months or older. Does affected may have some mammary gland involvement and develop a hard fibrous udder,w which results in decreased milk production. Less commonly, goats may have interstitial viral pneumonia. Primarily transmitted to kids via milk or colostrum

Question 8

Myotonia congenita

Answer 8

Autosomal dominant mutation with incomplete penetrance in goats. Causes abnormality in the skeletal muscle chloride channel. In goats, this condition is called “fainting goat syndrome.” The disease results in marked general rigidity after visual, tactile, or auditory stimulation.

Question 9

What parasites can cause bronchitis in goats?

Answer 9

Dictyocaulus filaria, muellerius capillaris, protosttrongylus rufecens

Question 10

What organ system does haemonchus contortus affect in goats?

Answer 10

GI

Question 11

This is the intestine of a goat. What disease is this and what is the causative agent?

Answer 11

Paratuberculosis (johne’s disease) caused by mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. This granulomatous disease results in loss of albumin into the gut, weight loss.

Question 12

Sheep mycoplasma is transmitted by ____ and goat mycoplasma is transmitted by _____

Answer 12

sheep - aerosol, goats - milk