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    This document provides reference values and information on common health issues for goats. It lists normal temperature, pulse, respiration, and pregnancy timelines for goats. It then summarizes probable causes of abortions, alopecia, anemia, anestrus, anorexia, ascites, arthritis, and ataxia in goats. The document is copyright of Axonvet – Livestock and Poultry Solutions and is meant to educate commercial goat farmers. It should not be reprinted or published without their permission.

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    This document provides reference values and information on common health issues for goats. It lists normal temperature, pulse, respiration, and pregnancy timelines for goats. It then summarizes probable causes of abortions, alopecia, anemia, anestrus, anorexia, ascites, arthritis, and ataxia in goats. The document is copyright of Axonvet – Livestock and Poultry Solutions and is meant to educate commercial goat farmers. It should not be reprinted or published without their permission.

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    This document provides reference values and information on common health issues for goats. It lists normal temperature, pulse, respiration, and pregnancy timelines for goats. It then summarizes probable causes of abortions, alopecia, anemia, anestrus, anorexia, ascites, arthritis, and ataxia in goats. The document is copyright of Axonvet – Livestock and Poultry Solutions and is meant to educate commercial goat farmers. It should not be reprinted or published without their permission.

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    8 Goat Diseases Basics Part 1

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    This document provides reference values and information on common health issues for goats. It lists normal temperature, pulse, respiration, and pregnancy timelines for goats. It then summarizes probable causes of abortions, alopecia, anemia, anestrus, anorexia, ascites, arthritis, and ataxia in goats. The document is copyright of Axonvet – Livestock and Poultry Solutions and is meant to educate commercial goat farmers. It should not be reprinted or published without their permission.

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    Axonvet Livestock and Poultry Solutions | www.axonvet.

    com | +91-9540612588
    This document is part of Book Commercial Goat Farming Tips and Techniques (Hindi Version) for complete book order at [email protected]

    Basic Goat Reference Values These are the conditions responsible for Abdominal
    Temperature 101.5F (101.5F
    Distention
    102.5F)
    Pulse 70 80 bpm
    Bloat - Fat necrosis (rectum or colon) - Grain overload - Hypocalcemia -
    Respiration 16 34 per minute Intestinal obstruction - Obesity - Obstructive urolithiasis - Pelvic mass -
    PCV 22% - 38% Peritonitis - Pregnancy - Rupture of urinary bladder
    Pregnancy 145 155 days
    Estrus Cycle 21 days

    Probable causes of abortions in goats


    Early Late
    Drugs (diazepam, xylazine, Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) - Brucella - Campylobacter - Caprine herpesvirus - Chlamydia - Copper
    acepromazine) Nutrition- deficiency - Corticosteroids - Drugs - Foot and mouth disease - Leptospirosis - Levamisolee -
    Progesterone Deficiency - Listeria - Malnutrition - Mycoplasma - Phenothiazine - Q fever - Salmonella - Selenium deficiency
    Toxoplasma Stress - Toxic plants - Toxoplasmosis - Vitamin A deficiency - Yersinia

    Probable causes of alopecia in goats (loss of hairs)


    Chorioptic mange - Dermatophilosis - Dermatophytosis - Gastrointestinal parasites - Iodine deficiency (Mimosine Poisoning) - Lice -
    Meningeal worm - Strongylus - Sarcoptic mange - Staphylococcus dermatitis - Vitamin A deficiency - Vitamin D deficiency - Vitamin E
    deficiency - Zinc deficiency

    Anemia in Goats (loss of blood)


    Anaplasmosis - Babesia - Blood cell parasites - Chronic GI parasitism - Clostridium perfringens - Cobalt deficiency - Coccidiosis - Copper
    deficiency / toxicity - Feeding colostrum from cows - Fleas - Hemolytic anemia - Hemorrhage - Iron deficiency - Johnes Disease -
    Leptospira - Lice - Liver flukes - Pediculosis - Schistosomiasis - Toxic plantskale, onions, garlic - Toxins - Trauma

    Anestrus in Goats (disturbed estrus cycle)


    Heat stress - Luteal cysts - Malnutrition - Heavily lactating does - Outside of normal breeding season - Poor footing - Poor heat detection -
    Post partum period - Pregnancy - Pseudohermaphrodite Pyometra

    Anorexia (off feeding)


    - Bloat - Blue Tongue - Grain engorgement / Acidosis - Hypocalcemia / hypomagnesemia - Mastitis - Pasteurellosis Polio
    encephalomalacia / thiamine deficiency - Pregnancy toxemia / Ketosis

    Anorexia (off feeding)


    Bloat - Blue Tongue - Grain engorgement / Acidosis - Hypocalcemia / hypomagnesemia - Mastitis - Pasteurellosis Polio encephalomalacia
    / thiamine deficiency - Pregnancy toxemia / Ketosis

    Ascites / Pleural Effusion / Peripheral Edema


    Cor pulmonale* - Gastrointestinal malabsorption - Heart problems - Hemodilution - High altitude disease - Kidney disease Amyloidosis
    Glomerulonephritis - Liver disease - Lymphatic obstruction - Monensin / Lasalocid toxicity - Pleuritis - Starvation - Thrombophlebitis -
    Urolithiasisrupture

    *Cor pulmonale is defined as an alteration in the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart caused by a primary disorder of the
    respiratory system. Pulmonary hypertension is often the common link between lung dysfunction and the heart in cor pulmonale.

    Arthritis / Joint Swelling


    - Caprine arthritis and encephalitis virus (CAE) - Chlamydia - Epiphysitis - Joint ill (E.coli) - Mycoplasmapolyarthritis - Septicemia -
    Traumatic arthritis - Vitamin D deficiency

    Ataxia
    - Bacterial meningoencephalitis - Brain abscess - Bromide - Caprine arthritis and encephalitis virus (CAEV)* - Caprine
    encephalomyelomalacia - Clostridium perfringens - Copper deficiency - Cowdriosis / Heartwater - Enzootic ataxia - Hypocalcemia -
    Hypomagnesemia - Insecticides (levamisole) - Lead toxicity - Listeria - Lumbosacral abscess - Lymphosarcoma - Milk fever - Parasite
    migration - - Plant toxins (milkweed, larkspur, loco, selenium, rye grass, bermuda grass, palm, cyanide, nitrates, oxalates) -
    Polioencephalomalacia / thiamine deficiency Polyradiculoneruitis - Rabies - Salt toxicity - Scrapie Tetanus - Tick paralysis - Urea toxicity
    - Vitamin D deficiency
    * In a recent study conducted in CIRG, Farah, shown that CAEV antibodies are circulating in Indian goats and disease prevalence in the
    goat herds is influenced by many risk factors

    Axonvet Livestock and Poultry Solutions Dr. Ibne Ali .


    Axonvet Livestock and Poultry Solutions . .

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