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What licensed products are there for goats?

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Lethobarb 20%
Pentobarbitol
Oxytocin
Coxevac and Gudair
Sterilised water
Baytril
Eprinex
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Do goats develop age dependent resistance to worms, like sheep?

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No so housed all year round

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What must a goat be registered by and issued with, even if a pet?

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Registered via local DEFRO AHDO
Issued a holding number
Issued an ear tag number

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What type of eater are goats?

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Browsers

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Which Clostridial diseases are most important in goats? What are they caused by?

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Enterotoxaemia - C perfringens type D

Tetanus - C tetani

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Clinical signs of enterotoxaemia in goats?

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Peracute with rapid death

Sub-acute - profuse scour +/- dysentery

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Trigger factors for enterotoxaemia in goats?

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Acidosis - result of overfeeding compound or cereals
Sudden change in diet - housing/turnout?
Stress - bullying, concurrent illness/injury

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Treatment of enterotoxaemia in goats?

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Largely symptomatic
IV or oral fluids
NSAIDs
Analgesia - Rimadyl?
Charcoal/bismuth
Keep warm and stimulated
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Long term prevention of enterotoxaemia in goats?

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Vaccination - 4 in 1 vaccine

Regular booster doses (6, 4 or even 3 monthly)

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Clinical diseases caused by Listeria in goats?

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Encephalitis
Septicaemia and sudden death
Abortion

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Diagnosis of encephalitis and septicaemia/sudden death caused by Listeria?

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Clinical signs
CSF examination
Haematology
Path/histopath

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Treatment for Listeriosis diseases in goats?

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Antibiotics - potentiated sulphonamides?NSAIDs
Fluids vital (remember often acidotic due to salivary loss)
Nursing

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What is the main route of Listeria infection in goats? How to avoid?

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Wet/poor silage
Keep dry/well stored
Can deteriorate over 24 hours - discard if uneaten and replace with fresh

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What type of virus in Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)?

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Lentivirus

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Diagnosis of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)?

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Blood sample detects antibody
Confirms viraemic infection as Ab doesn’t eliminate the virus
6 months of age

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Most common clinical appearance of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)?

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Rare to see signs
A swollen joint - most commonly the carpal joint (can be painful)
Mastitis
Weight loss

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When is encephalitis seen in Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)?

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Rare - young kids

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How is Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) spread in goats?

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Mostly via colostrum/milk

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Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) control?

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No vaccine or treatment

Test and cull

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Clinical signs of Johne’s in goats?

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3y+
Poor milk yield
Wasting
Anaemia
Normal faeces (scour only in terminal stages)
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Diagnosis of Johne’s in goats?

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Faeces culture + PCR
PME - gross and histopath
Serology - ELISA

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Gross pathology of Johne’s in goats?

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Subtle thickening of intestines (ileum?)

Grossly swollen mesenteric lymph nodes

23
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Control of Johne’s in goats?

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Vaccination - Gudair vaccine
Develop culling policy?
Snatch kids and rear separately
Avoid pooled colostrum
Maintain clean feeding environment
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What causes caseous lymphadenitis (CLA)?

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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Average goat milk yield/lactation?
800L
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Average goat lactation length?
13 months
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Which presentation of mastitis is most common in goats?
Clinical mastitis is rare | Sub-clinical mastitis is extremely common
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Main cause of clinical mastitis in goats?
Staphylococcus
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Why are goats not usually kept outside?
If limited grazing, land can quickly become 'worm sick' and production becomes unsustainable
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What is eprinex? Problems?
Licensed pour on for goats For end and ectoparasites Nil milk withhold - attractive to clients, but increased use leads to increased resistance risk Dual efficacy - when using for ectoparasites, may ignore effect on endoparasites
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Causing of a wasting group of goats?
Nutrition - quality, quantity, clean and fresh, trough space | Dominance/bullying
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Causes of a wasting individual goat?
``` Oral - teeth, gums, tongue Locomotor disease Johne's Other chronic infections Endoparasites Ectoparasites Tumours Scrapie ```
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Metabolic disease seen in goats?
Marginal peri-parturient hypocalcaemia - maybe common Ketosis Hypomagnesaemia - rare
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Respiratory diseases of goats?
Pasteurellosis - Mannheimia haemolytica Mycoplasma Lungworm - Dictyocaulus, Muellerius TB
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Clinical signs of TB in goats ('spillover hosts')?
``` Weight loss Inappetance Reduced milk yield Dyspnoea Coughing No response to treatment ```
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TB tests in goats?
Pre and post movement SICCT TB test - 2 months quarantine TB test if clinical suspicion No routine TB testing - only under certain circumstances with permission from DEFRA
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Causes of lameness in goats?
``` Foot rot Foul Scald Foot abscess Trauma ```
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Where do mites affect goats?
Psoroptic mange - ears Chorioptic mange - lower limbs Demodectic mange - head/neck/body Sarcoptic mange - udders, body
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What is Pygmy Goat Syndrome?
Primary/secondary keratinisation disorder Unknown aetiology Familial - small genetic pool Eyes, ears, nose, head Axilla, groin, perineum Symptomatic treatment Diagnosis - rule out differentials, biopsy
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Causes of diarrhoea in young kids?
``` E.coli Salmonella Rotavirus Crytosporidia Poor feeding protocol - too dilute milk substitute, haphazard feeding pattern, dirty utensils ```
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What % of goat Coccidia species are pathogenic?
50%
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What type of breeders are goats?
Seasonal polyoestrus | Sept - Feb
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Pregnancy diagnosis of goats?
``` Lack of oestrus Abdominal enlargement Ballotment Udder development Oestrone sulphate test after 50 days Ultrasound ```
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Clinical signs and cause of false pregnancies (hydrometra) in goats? How to treat?
``` Abdominal enlargement Udder development More prevalent following synchronisation Association with persistent CL Prostaglandin 2 doses 12 days apart of Lutalyse ```
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Causes of abortion in goats?
Same as sheep!
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When to disbud horns of goat kids? What must be considered?
``` Must be vet GA and NSAIDs recommended Horn growth rapid - disbud between 2-7 days Local anaesthetics not well toelrated Very thin skull Beware re-growth ```
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Which plants do goats like that make them vomit? What to do?
Rhododendron Pieris Must give antibiotics for few days to prevent aspiration pneumonia
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Diagnosis of: - dairy goats with recent abortions - purulent, smelly vaginal discharge - farmer drinks their milk and is ill with flu like symptoms
Q fever - people need immediate medical treatment

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