Goat Health Handbook, 1983 CONTENTS Preface. i Acknowledgments. ii Using this Handbook. 1 Normal Goat Physiological Data. 2 Examining the Goat for Disease Symptoms 3 Examination Checklist. 3 Using the Guides and Disease Descriptions: An Example. 5 Diagnostic Guides to Diseases and Symptoms 7 Nervous System. 7 Diarrhea and Loss of Appetite, Young Animals (Under 4 Months). 9 Diarrhea and Loss of Appetite, Older Animals (Over 4 Months). 10 Blood Loss and Paleness of Mucous Mem anes. 11 Hard eathing, Fever, and Poor Appetite. 12 Lameness and Poor Appetite. 13 Inability to Stand. 14 Scabs or Scales on Skin. 15 Abscesses or Infected Spots on the Skin and Body. 16 Itching and Hair Loss. 17 Spontaneous Abortion. 18 Carcass of Diseased Animal (No More Than 6 to 8 Hours After Death). 19 Bacterial Diseases: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention 20 Anthrax. 20 ucellosis. 21 Caseous Lymphadenitis. 23 Chlamydial Abortion. 24 Colibacillosis. 25 Contagious Agalactia. 26 Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia. 27 Enterotoxemia. 28 Foot Rot. 29 Johne’s Disease. 30 Listeriosis. 31 Malignant Edema. 32 Mastitis. 33 Meliodosis. 37 Omphalophlebitis (Navel Ill). 38 Pink Eye. 39 Pneumonia. 40 Salmonellosis. 41 Streptotricosis. 42 Tetanus. 43 Viral Diseases: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention 45 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Syndrone. 45 Contagious Ecthyma. 46 Foot and Mouth Disease. 47 Nairobi Sheep Disease. 48 Papillomatosis (Warts). 48 Peste Des Petits Ruminants. 49 Rabies. 50 Rift Valley Fever. 51 Scrapie. 52 Sheep/Goat Pox. 53 Metabolic Diseases: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention 55 Acidosis/Indigestion/Impaction/Choke. 55 Allergies/Insect Stings. 56 Bloat 57 Colostrum Deprivation (Hypogammaglobinemia). 58 Grass Tetany. 59 Milk Fever. 60 Physical Injury/Wounds/Burns/Fractures. 61 Polioencephalomalacia. 62 Pregnancy Toxemia (Ketosis). 63 Parasitic Diseases: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention 66 Blood Parasites. 66 Anaplasmosis. 66 Babesiosis. 67 Heartwater. 67 Trypanosomiasis. 68 Internal Parasites. 70 Coccidiosis. 70 Flukes or Flatworms. 71 Stomach and Intestine Roundworms. 71 Tapeworms. 73 Toxoplasmosis. 76 External Parasites. 77 Lice (Pediculosis). 77 Mange. 77 Ringworm. 78 Ticks, Flies, and Other Pests. 79 Therapy. 81 Drug Usage. 81 How to Figure Dosage of Drugs. 82 Approximate Weights and Measures 83 Treatment for Scours or Diarrhea 83 Teat Dip Formula. 85 Grain Overload Formula. 85 Foot Bath Mixtures. 86 Drugs for Controlling Internal Parasites 87 Antibiotics and How to Use Them. 89 Other Common Drugs. 90 Techniques. 91 Sterilizing Instruments, Syringes and Needles 90 Injection Sites. 91 Equipment and Procedures for Giving Medicine by Mouth. 92 Disbudding and De—Scenting Technique 95 Castration. 97 Foot Trimming. 97 Lancing (Opening) Abscesses. 98 Rectal and (or) Vaginal Prolapse. 98 Birth and the Newborn. 100 Birth Stages, Procedures, and Complications. 100 Problems with Delivery. 103 The eech Presentation. 105 Removal of Afterbirth. 106 Appendixes I. Map of World Regions Where No Incidents of Specific Diseases Have Been Reported 107 II. Other Sources of Information on Diseases of Goats. 108 III. Glossary. 109 IV. Index 114 INDEX Abortion, GHH 18, 24, 31, 32, 51 Abscesses, GHH 16, 23, 98 Acidosis, GHH 10, 55 Activated Charcoal, GHH 85, 90 Afterbirth, GHH 103, 106 Aftosa, GHH 47 Albendazole, GHH 87 Allergen, GHH 56 Allergic Reaction, GHH 40 Allergies, GHH 17, 56 Amblyomma hebraeum, GHH 68 Amoxicillin, GHH 89 Ampicillin, GHH 35, 89 Amprolium, GHH 88 Anaplasma ovis, GHH 66 Anaplasmosis, GHH 11, 19, 66, 107 Anemia, GHH 66, 71 Anterior Delivery, GHH 101 Anthelmintics, GHH 101 Anthrax, GHH 11, 12, 19, 20 Antibiotics, GHH 45, 98 Antibodies, GHH 59 Antihistamines, GHH 57 Aphthous Fever, GHH 47 Aspirin, GHH 90 Avermectins, GHH 88 Babesia spp. GHH 107 Babesia motasi GHH 67 Babesia ovis GHH 67 Babesiosis GHH 11, 67 Bacillus anthracis, GHH 20 Bacterial Diseases GHH 20-44 Baking Soda GHH 84, 85 Balling Gun GHH 95 Bang’s Disease GHH 21 Berenil GHH 67, 69 Birth, GHH 100 Black Scours, GHH 41 Blindness, GHH 4, 3, 62 Bloat, GHH 10, 19, 55, 57 Blood Loss, GHH 11 Blood Parasites, GHH 66 Bloody Scours, GHH 41 Blow Fly Larvae, GHH 79 Bolus, GHH 95 Breech Presentation, GHH 105 Brown Tick, GHH 48 Brucella melitensis, GHH 22, 107 Bruellosis, GHH 13, 18, 21, 104 Burns, GHH 61 Calcium, GHH 60 Calcium Borogluconate, GHH 61, 90 California Mastitis Test (CNT), GHH 33 Cambendazole, 87 Cannula, GHH 58 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE), GHH 7, 13, 45 Carcass, GHH 19 Caseous Lymphadenitis, GHH 16, 23, 98 Castration, GHH 32, 44, 66, 79, 97 Catheter, GHH 94 Charbon, GHH 20 Charcoal (Activated), GHH 55, 90 Chlamydia, GHH 39 Chlamydia psittai, GHH 24 Chlamydial Abortion, GHH 18, 24 Chloramphenicol, GHH 26, 29, 38, 39, 42, 43, 89 Chlorohexadtne, GHH 85, 91 Chlortetracycline, GHH 89 Choke, GHH 51, 55 Circling Disease, GHH 31 Clostridium perfringens, GHH 28 Clostridium septicum, GHH 32, 33 Clostridium tetani, GHH 44 Cloxicillin, GHH 35, 36 Coccidia, GHH 87 Coccidtosis, GHH 9, 10, 11, 70 Coccitdiostats, GHH 87 Coconuts, GHH 85 Colibacilosis, GHH 9, 25 Coliforms, GHH 34, 35 Colostrum, GHH 25, 59, 105 Colostruun Deprivation, GHH 9, 13, 14, 58 Coma, GHH 56 Contagious Abortion, GHH 21 Contagious Agalactta, GHH 13, 26, 107 Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCP), GHH 12, 27, 107 Contagious Ecthyma, GHH 15, 46, 47 Copper Sulphate, GHH 29, 86 Corn Syrup, GHH 84 Corticosteroids, GHH 57, 64 Corynebacterium pseudctuberculosis (ovis), GHH 23 Corynebacterium spp., GHH 34, 35 Cowdria ruminantiurn, GHH 68 De—scenting, GHH 95 Decoquinate, GHH 88 Dehorning, GHH 33, 95 Dehydration, GHH 83 Delivery (Birth), GHH 101 Demodex, GHH 77 Dermatophilosis, GHH 15, 42 Diagnostic Guides, GHH 7-19 Diarrhea, GHH 9, 25, 83 Difficult Delivery, GHH 103 Dimidine, GHH 88 Dimtnazene Aceturate, GHH 67, 69 Dipyrone, GHH 86 Disbudding, GHH 44, 79, 95 Disease Incidence, GHH 107 Dislocations, GHH 62 Dosage of Drugs, GHH 82 Dose Syringe, GHH 93 Drenching, GHH 93 Drooping Ear, GHH 31 Drooping Eyelid, GHH 31 Drug Useage, GHH 81 Drugs, GHH 87, 90 Dystiocia, GHH 103 Edema, GHH 56 Egg Passage Vaccine, GHH 51 Eimeria spp., GHH 70 Encephalitis, GHH 32 Enterotoxemia, GHH 7, 9, 10, 19, 28 Enzootic Abortion, GHH 47 Epinepherine, GHH 57, 90 Epizootic Aphthae, GHH 47 Epsom Salts, GHH 90 Erythrotnycin, GHH 89 Eacherichia coli, GHH 25 Estrous Cycle, GHH 2 Estrus, GHH 2 Ethidium, GHH 69 Examination, GHH 3 External Parasites, GHH 77 Fenbendazole, GHH 87 Fever, GHH 3, 12 Flatworms, GHH 71 Flies, GHH 17, 66, 79 Fluid Replacement Solutions, GHH 84 Flukes, GHH 71, 87 Follicle Mite, GHH 77 Foot and Mouth Disease (END), GHH 13, 18, 47, 107 Foot Bath Mixtures, GHH 86 Foot Rot, GHH 131 29 Foot Trimming, GHH 97 Formaldehyde, GHH 85 Formalin, GHH 29 Fractures, GHH 61 Frothy Bloat, GHH 57 Fusiformis nodosus, GHH 29 Fusobacterium necrophorus, GHH 29 Gamma Globulin, GHH 59 Gangrenous Mastitis, GHH 33, 35 Gas Gangrene, GHH 32 Gestation, GHH 2 Glycerine, GHH 85 Goat Pox, GHH 47, 53 Grain Overload Mixture, GHH 85 Grain Pastures, GHH 57 Grass Staggers, GHH 59 Grass Tetany, GHH 14, 59 Guanidine, GHH 88 Hair Loss, GHH 17 Haloxon, GHH 87 Hard Breathing, GHH 12 Heart Irregularities, GHH 56 Heart Rate, GHH 2, 4 Heartwater, GHH 7, 67, 107 Heat, GHH 2 Hives, GHH 56 Homidium Compounds, GHH 69 Honey, GHH 84 Hoven, GHH 57 Human Glanders, GHH 37 Hydrophobia, GHH 50 Hypocalcemia, GHH 60 Hypogammaglobinemia, GHH 9, 13, 14, 58 Hypomagnesemia Tetany, GHH 59 Impaction, GHH 55 Inability to Stand, GHH 14 Indigestion, GHH 55 Infected Feet, GHH 86 Infected Spots, GHH 16 Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis, GHH 39 Injection Sites, GHH 91 Insect Stings, GHH 17, 56 Insecticides, GHH 77, 78, 96, 104 Internal Parasites, GHH 9, 10, 11, 19, 70, 87 Intramatmmary, GHH 92 Intramammary Infusion, GHH 34 Intramuscular (IM), GHH 91 Intravenous (IV), GHH 92 Iodine, GHH 23, 39, 78, 90 Itching, GHH 17 IV Johnin Test, GHH 30 Johne’s Disease, GHH 30 Joint Ill, GHH 38 Kata, GHH 49 Ketone Bodies, GHH 63 Ketosis, GHH 14, 63 Kid Dysentery, GHH 28 Klebsiella spp., GHH 35 Lameness, GHH 13, 29 Lancing abscesses, GHH 98 Larvae, GHH 87 Lasalocid, GHH 88 Le Rage, GHH 50 Legumes, GHH 57 Leucoencephalomyelitis Virus, GHH 45 Levamisole, GHH 87 Lice, GHH 77 Listerellosis, GHH 31 Listeria monocytogenes, GHH 31 Listeriosis, GHH 7, 18, 31 Liver Flukes, GHH 71 Liver Fluke (Life Cycle), GHH 72 Lockjaw, GHH 43, 68 Loss of Appetite, GHH 9 Lumpywool, GHH 42 Lung Sickness, GHH 40 Lungworms, GHH 40, 87 Lymph Nodes, GHH 98 Lyssa, GHH 50 Mad Dog, GHH 50 Magnesium, GHH 60 Magnesium Oxide, GHH 85 Magnesium Sulfate, GHH 55, 90 Malignant Carbuncle, GHH 21 Malignant Edema, GHH 16, 19, 32 Malignant Pustule, GHH 21 Malta Fever, GHH 21 Mange, GHH 77 Mastitis, GHH 13, 16, 21, 26, 33-37 Mebendazole, GHH 87 Meliodosis, GHH 7, 12, 13, 16 37, 10 Metabolic Diseases, GHH 55-65 Meteorism, GHH 57 Methazine, GHH 88 Methlene Blue, GHH 90 Milk Fever, GHH 14, 59, 60 Milk of Magnesia, GHH 55, 90 Milzbrand, GHH 20 Mineral Oil, GHH 58, 90 Monensin, GHH 88 Morantel, GHH 87 Mosquitoes, GHH 52 Mucous Membranes, GHH 4 Multiple Sirths, GHH 103 Mummified Fetus, GHH 24 Mycobacterium johnei, GHH 30 Mycoplasma agalactia, GHH 26 Mycoplasma spp., GHH 27 Nagana, GHH 68 Nairobi Sheep Disease, GHH 10, 18, 48, 107 Navel Ill, GHH 13, 38 Needles, GHH 91 Neomycin, GHH 26, 42, 89 Nervous System, GHH 7 Newborn, GHH 100 Nitrofurazone, GHH 88 Novidtum, GHH 69 Omphalitis, GHH 38 Omphalophlebitis, GHH 7, 13, 38 Orf, GHH 46 Overeating Disease, GHH 28 Oxfendazole, GHH 87 Oxibendazole, GHH 87 Oxytetracycline, GHH 66, 89 Oxytocin, GHH 90 Paleness, GHH 11 Papillomatosis, GHH 15, 48 Parasitic Diseases, GHH 66—80 Paratuberculosis, GHH 30 Parturlent Paresis, GHH 60 Pasteurization of milk, GHH 37 Pectin, GHH 84 Pediculosis, GHH 77 Penicillin, GHH 21, 23, 28, 32, 33, 35, 43, 44, 89, 103, 106 Penicillin G & Benzathine, GHH 89 Penicillin G & Streptomycin, GHH 89 Penicillin G—Proraine, GHH 89 Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR), GHH 10, 12, 47, 49, 107 Peste of Sheep and Goats, GHH 49 Phenothiazine, GHH 87 Physical Injury, GHH 61 Physiological Data, GHH 2 Pill Administration, GHH 95 Pink Eye, GHH 39 Piroplasmosis, GHH 68 Placenta, GHH 103 Pneumonia, GHH 12, 16, 40, 49, 54 Polioencephalomalacia, GHH 8, 19, 62 Poloxalone, GHH 58, 90 Polyarthritis, GHH 38 Poor Appetite, GHH 12, 13 Posterior Delivery, GHH 101 Potash, GHH 60 Pox, GHH 53 Pregnancy, GHH 100 Pregnancy Toxemia, GHH 14, 63 Propylene Glycol, GHH 64, 90 Pseudcmonas pseudomallei, GHH 38 Pseudorinderest of Small Ruminants, GHH 49 Pseudotuberculosis, GHH 23 Pulpy Kidney Disease, GHH 28 Pyemic Arthritis, GHH 38 Pyrantel, GHH 88 Quaternary Amnionium, GHH 91 Quinoxaline, GHH 88 Rabies, GHH 8, 50, 68, 107 Rectal Prolapse, GHH 99 Red Water, GHH 67 Reproductive Tract, GHH 101 Respiration Rate, GHH 2 Rhipicephalus, GHH 67 Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, GHH 48 Rickettsia, GHH 39 Rift Valley Fever, GHH 10, 18, 51, 107 Rinderpest, GHH 49 Ringworm, GHH 15, 78 Roundwors, GHH 87 Rumen Acidosis, GHH 85 Rumen Inoculation, GHH 95 Rumen Movements, GHH 2, 4 Rumenotomy, GHH 55 Ruminal Tympany, GHH 57 Saline Solution, GHH 85 Salmonella app., GHH 41. Salmunellosis, GHH 10, 18, 41 Salt, GHH 84, 85 Sannare, GHH 68 Sarcoptes, GHH 77 Scab and Follicle Mites, GHH 77 Scab Mite, GHH 77 Scabs, GHH 15 Scales, GHH 15 Scours, GHH 25, 83 Scrapie, GHH 8, 17, 52, 107 Screwworms, GHH 17, 79, 96, 104 Selenium, GHH 90 Septicemia, GHH 39 Sheep and Goat Pox, GHH 12, 15, 53, 107 Sodium Bicarbonate, GHH 55, 85, 90 Sore Mouth, GHH 46 Spectinomycin, GHH 26, 89 Splenic Fever, GHH 20 Spontaneous Abortion, GHH 18 Staphylococcus spp., GHH 34, 35 Sterile Fluid, GHH 85 Sterilizing Instruments, GHH 91 Stillborn, GHH 24 Stomach and Intestine Roundworms, GHH 71 Stomach and Intestine Roundworms (Life Cycle), GHH 74 Stomach Tube, GHH 94 Stomatitis—Pneumoenteritis Syndrome, GHH 49 Strawberry Footrot, GHH 42 Streptococcus spp., GHH 34, 35 Streptomyctn, GHH 43 Streptotricosis, GHH 15, 42 Struck, GHH 28 Subcutaneous (SQ), GHH 91 Sulfa Drugs, GHH 26, 33, 38, 39, 41, 42, 70, 88, 89 Sulfa Powder, GHH 33 Sulfabromomethazine, GHH 89 Sulfachloropyrldazine, GHH 89 Sulfadimethoxine, GHH 89 Sulfadimidine, GHH 89 Sulfaethoxypyrldazine, GHH 89 Sulfamethazine, GHH 89 Syringes, GHH 91, 94 Tapeworms, GHH 73, 87 Tapeworms (Life Cycle), GHH 75 Teat Dip, GHH 36, 85 Techniques, GHH 91—107 Temperature, GHH 2, 4 Tetanus, GHH 8, 43, 68 Tetanus Antitoxin (TAT), GHH 44, 96, 97 Tetanus Toxoid, GHH 44 Tetracycline, GHH 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 66, 68, 82, 89, 103, 1O6 Tetracycline HCl, GHH 89 Therapy, GHH 81—90 Thiabendazole, GHH 78, 87 Thiamine, GHH 63, 88 Ticks, GHH 17, 52, 66, 67, 79 Tollwut, GHH 50 Toxoplasmosis, GHH 18, 76 Trocar, GHH 58 Trypanosoma brucei, GHH 69 Trypanosoma congolense, GHH 69 Trypanosoma vivax, GHH 69 Trypanosomiasis, GHH 11, 68, 107 Tsetse Fly, GHH 69 Tylosin, GHH 27, 40, 89 Tympanities, GHH 57 Vaginal Prolapse, GHH 99 Vampire Bat, GHH 51 Vegetable 0i1, GHH 58 Viral Diseases, GHH 45—54 Viroid, GHH 53 Vitamin E, GHH 90 Warts, GHH 15, 48 Wasting Disease, GHH 30 Water Bag, GHH 100 Weights and Measures, GHH 83 Whipworms, GHH 87 White Scours, GHH 25 Whittmore’s Disease, GHH 37 Wounds, GHH 61 Yellow Scours, GHH 25 Zinc Sulfate, GHH 29, 86