Fully revised and expanded, Goat Medicine, Second edition includes discussions on new diseases ranging from bovine spongiform encephalopathy to floppy kid disease as well as major updates on important diseases such as scrapie, mycoplasmosis, paratuberculosis, and urolithiasis. Information has also been added on management of transgenic goats and organic goat production.

The text begins by outlining fundamentals of goat practice and moves on to sytems-based coverage of the goat. Each chapter provides clinical anatomy and physiology of every system alongside information on relevant clinical signs, differential diagnosis, and system-specific disease.

Contents

1. Fundamentals of Goat Practice
2. Skin
3. Subcutaneous Swellings
4. Musculoskeletal System
5. Nervous System
6. Ocular System
7. Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems
8. Cardiovascular System
9. Respiratory System
10. Digestive System
11. Liver and Pancreas
12. Urinary System
13. Reproductive System
14. Mammary Gland and Milk Production
15. Wasting Diseases
16. Sudden Death
17. Anesthesia
18. Dehorning and Descenting
19. Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
20. Herd Health Management and Preventive Medicine

Appendices

• Formulary of Some Drugs Used in Goats and Suggested Dosages
• Alternative Medicine
• Conversion Factors for Biochemistry and Hematology

Index

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