Only healthy dairy goats grow well, produce kids at regular intervals, produce milk and can live long productive life.
And its all due to goat health management and control of diseases.
Some diseases can be controlled by vaccination.
The table below shows some diseases and their control measures & treatment.
Read below for symptoms of specific disease and their control
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
(viral disease)
Symptoms
- High fever.
- Harsh cough.
- A lot nasal discharge.
- Grunting and grinding of teeth.
- High mortality rate
- The lung sounds are raspy (like paper rubbing)
- At post mortem the thoracic cavity contains a lot of fluid and adhesion of pleural to the lung surface
Treatment
- None
Control
- Vaccination twice a year
Mastitis
(bacterial disease)
Symptoms
- Swollen udder.
- The udder is painful to touch and hot.
- The walking gait is not normal
- The doe refuses to nurse the young
Treatment
- Antibiotics
Control
- Observe general hygiene
Brucellosis
(Bacterial Disease)
Symptoms
- Abortion at around the final 4 -6 weeks of pregnancy
- High fever
- Diarrhoea
Treatment
- Antibiotics
Control
- Vaccination
Abscesses
(Secondary bacterial infection)
Symptoms
- Supurative (pus developing) swellings
- High fever
Treatment
- Draining of pus and use of antibiotics
Control
- Prevention from exposure to injuries and wounds
Foot rot
(Bacterial disease)
Symptoms
- Lameness,
- Foul smell in the foot
Treatment
- Wash with copper sulphate
Control
- Keep the goats in a clean and dry environment
PPR
(Peste des petits ruminants) - Viral disease
Symptoms
- Emaciation,
- nasal discharge,
- Profuse (frequent) diarrhoea,
- High fever
Treatment
- None
Control
- Vaccination
Rift Valley Fever
(viral disease)
Symptoms
- Emaciation,
- nasal discharge,
- bloody diarrhoea,
- High fever
Treatment
- None
Control
- Vaccination
Orf
(Viral disease)
Symptoms
- Occurs in young kids in the first 6 month of life
- Inability to suck or feed
- Lesions (wounds) on mouth nose and on feet and genitals in severe cases
Treatment
- None
Control
- Vaccination
Enterotoxaemia
(Bacterial disease)
Symptoms
- Convulsion,
- Sluggishness,
- Staggers
- Loss of appetite
- Affect animals in good condition
- Death within 24 hrs
Treatment
- Antibiotics in the early stages
Control
- Vaccination
