Goats

Question 1

what type of breeders are goats?

Answer 1

seasonally polyoestrous (sept-feb)

Question 2

what is a bill rag

Answer 2

to ID if female on heat

Question 3

who can disbud goat kids

Answer 3

vets only - cant tolerate local an, so GA! (v thin skull!)

Question 4

what poisonous plants cause v+ in goats

Answer 4

rhododendron

pieris

Question 5

what is the most common cause of enterotoxaemia

Answer 5

c. perfringens type d (pulpy kidney in sheep)

Question 6

what are the signs of c. perfringens enterotoxaema

Answer 6

d++ w blood
rapid death
acute or peracute
PME - liver dark and haemorrhagic

Question 7

what can trigger a c perfringens enterotoxaema

Answer 7

stress
illness
kidding
acidosis (gorging)
changes in housing/diet

Question 8

how can you tx and prev enterotoxaemia from c perfringens

Answer 8

IVFT and oral FT
carprofen
vac - q6mths. lambivac

Question 9

what are the signs of Listeriosis infection

Answer 9

encephalitis
septicaemia
pytalism (cant swallow)
droopy eyelid
droopy ear
lateral recumbancy

Question 10

how do you tx listeria

Answer 10

abx - pot sulphonamides
NSAIDs
IVFT - often acidotic due to loss of buffer saliva
nursing care

Question 11

what is CAE and what does it stand for?

Answer 11

caprine arthritis encephalitis,

lentivirus

Question 12

what is the significance of the blood Ab test

Answer 12

if its +ve, its +ve for life

Question 13

desc the signs of CAE

Answer 13

slow
not always sign - BIOS vital
arthritis - +- carpal pain
mastitis

Question 14

how does CAE spread

Answer 14

colostrum

Question 15

how do you tx CAE

Answer 15

you don’t - you cull

Question 16

what are the notable signs of johnes

Answer 16

nothing outstanding, unlike cows:
poor yield
wasting
anaemia
d+ (end stage)

Question 17

is there a tx for johnes

Answer 17

gudair vaccine

Question 18

what does johnes appear like at PME in goats and sheep (not cattle!)

Answer 18

velvety mucosa

big mesenteric LN (calcified likely)

Question 19

what faecal stain IDs johens

Answer 19

ZN

Question 20

what is the path that causes CLA

Answer 20

corynebacterium pseudo-tb

CLA = caseous lymphadenitits

Question 21

is CLA anything to worry about

Answer 21

YEs - severe disease

rapid spread

Question 22

do milking goats get teat dipped?

Answer 22

not usually - clinical mastitis not an issue! sub clin is common however

Question 23

why isn’t the SCC rule applied to goat milk?

Answer 23

goats are apocrine milkers, cows are merocrine. apocrine means that cells MUST break away for milk to be ‘let downn’

Question 24

gooats get hypocal and ketosis just like ocws, but why is it uncommon to get mypoMg

Answer 24

they don’t JUST eat grass - other sources of Mg

Question 25

name the 4 main causes of goat respiratory disease

Answer 25

• pasteurellosis (mannheimia haemolytica)
• mycoplasma
• lung worm (dictylocaulus filiaria & meulleria capillaria)
• TB

Question 26

how do you protect against pasteurellosis

Answer 26

vaccinate

use sheep vacc, or just use the 4-in-1 clostridium vacc too

Question 27

because of so few licensed drugs, what is the cascade rule for milk withhold

Answer 27

7d

Question 28

what is pygmy goat syndrome

Answer 28

heritable
1ry or 2ry keratinisation defect
ears, eyes, nose

Question 29

orf is….

Answer 29

zoonotic

Question 30

why is PGE always a ddx for anything GI

Answer 30

goats never develop immunity to parasites

Question 31

how do you tx round worm infections

Answer 31

double dose

get accurate kg (fat is abdominal..)

Question 32

why are coccidia so bad

Answer 32

50% of goat spp are path

so its worth getting them ‘speciated’ soo you know

Question 33

whats the name for false pregnancy

Answer 33

hydrometra

Question 34

how do you treat hydrometra

Answer 34

2 doses of PGs, q12hr