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| Goat: Most frequent diseases. Vet Dr. Tiger gives information and advice. |
The very resistent and robust goats rarely are patients at the vet's office.
With a good hygiene in the stable and if the goats are kept in a way appropriate to their species, most of the diseases can be avoided.
Hereafter a summary of the most frequently occurring diseases and their causes:
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Disease |
Causes |
Symptoms |
Visit veterinarian? |
| Claw diseases |
Bad claw care, infections (deformities) |
Lameness, pasture on the knees, lack of appetite, general weakness |
Regular claw care, possibly consult vet |
| (Intestine) parasites |
Various worms |
Emaciation, diarrhoea, weakness |
Regular dehelminthization or examination of the droppings |
| Diarrhoea |
Parasites, tainted food, infections, sudden change in feed |
Watery to bloody diarrhoea, weakness, lack of appetite, emaciation |
Regular dehelminthization, feed of excellent quality and with a rich crude fibre content, slow change in feed, consult vet |
| Mastitis |
Infections |
Lameness, puffy hot udder, pain, fever, lack of appetite, different milk |
Consult vet |
| Injuries |
Various causes |
Injuiries of the skin, the muscular system, the bones, the blood vessels, the articulations, the tendons |
Wash superficial wounds with disinfecting agent, consult vet |
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| Self-Medication |
It is always very difficult to judge the seriousness of the situation in the case of ruminants. First aid can at first be given by oneself, without the help of a vet, if the animal needs claw care, regular dehelminthization, a slow change in feed in case of diarrhoea and for combatting external parasites. If, however, it comes to lameness, to a puffy hot udder, to hair loss or even an epidemic, the vet must be consulted.
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 Emergency situations |
In case of an emergency, it is important to keep calm and to to be able to contact a vet who is available immediately. A conflagration, an accident in road traffic, animals buried under the snow, poisoning and colics, all these things can happen.
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