Goats Flashcards
what type of breeders are goats?
seasonally polyoestrous (sept-feb)
what is a bill rag
to ID if female on heat
who can disbud goat kids
vets only - cant tolerate local an, so GA! (v thin skull!)
what poisonous plants cause v+ in goats
rhododendron
pieris
what is the most common cause of enterotoxaemia
c. perfringens type d (pulpy kidney in sheep)
what are the signs of c. perfringens enterotoxaema
d++ w blood
rapid death
acute or peracute
PME - liver dark and haemorrhagic
what can trigger a c perfringens enterotoxaema
stress illness kidding acidosis (gorging) changes in housing/diet
how can you tx and prev enterotoxaemia from c perfringens
IVFT and oral FT
carprofen
vac - q6mths. lambivac
what are the signs of Listeriosis infection
encephalitis septicaemia pytalism (cant swallow) droopy eyelid droopy ear lateral recumbancy
how do you tx listeria
abx - pot sulphonamides
NSAIDs
IVFT - often acidotic due to loss of buffer saliva
nursing care
what is CAE and what does it stand for?
caprine arthritis encephalitis,
lentivirus
what is the significance of the blood Ab test
if its +ve, its +ve for life
desc the signs of CAE
slow
not always sign - BIOS vital
arthritis - +- carpal pain
mastitis
how does CAE spread
colostrum
how do you tx CAE
you don’t - you cull
what are the notable signs of johnes
nothing outstanding, unlike cows: poor yield wasting anaemia d+ (end stage)
is there a tx for johnes
gudair vaccine
what does johnes appear like at PME in goats and sheep (not cattle!)
velvety mucosa
big mesenteric LN (calcified likely)
what faecal stain IDs johens
ZN
what is the path that causes CLA
corynebacterium pseudo-tb
CLA = caseous lymphadenitits
is CLA anything to worry about
YEs - severe disease
rapid spread
do milking goats get teat dipped?
not usually - clinical mastitis not an issue! sub clin is common however
why isn’t the SCC rule applied to goat milk?
goats are apocrine milkers, cows are merocrine. apocrine means that cells MUST break away for milk to be ‘let downn’
gooats get hypocal and ketosis just like ocws, but why is it uncommon to get mypoMg
they don’t JUST eat grass - other sources of Mg
name the 4 main causes of goat respiratory disease
- pasteurellosis (mannheimia haemolytica)
- mycoplasma
- lung worm (dictylocaulus filiaria & meulleria capillaria)
- TB
how do you protect against pasteurellosis
vaccinate
use sheep vacc, or just use the 4-in-1 clostridium vacc too
because of so few licensed drugs, what is the cascade rule for milk withhold
7d
what is pygmy goat syndrome
heritable
1ry or 2ry keratinisation defect
ears, eyes, nose
orf is….
zoonotic
why is PGE always a ddx for anything GI
goats never develop immunity to parasites
how do you tx round worm infections
double dose
get accurate kg (fat is abdominal..)
why are coccidia so bad
50% of goat spp are path
so its worth getting them ‘speciated’ soo you know
whats the name for false pregnancy
hydrometra
how do you treat hydrometra
2 doses of PGs, q12hr
