PART III 



DISEASES OF GOATS, DOGS, AND CATS. 



GOAT DISEASES. 



GOATS are less subject to disease than sheep; but these 

 species are so closely allied that treatment in cases of dis- 

 ease is the same for both. Several accounts have been pub- 

 lished in the agricultural press of goats in the Southwest 

 being affected with stomach worms and with grub in the head, the 

 same as sheep are affected in the same localities. There are oc- 

 casionally outbreaks of disease in certain localities, but these are 

 due to local causes, and generally have not been difficult to over- 

 come. 



The treatment recommended for the screw worm is as follows: 

 Add to any one of the carbolic sheep dips 10 per cent of chloroform. 

 Apply this mixture, after thoroughly cleaning the wound, with a 

 wad of cotton. The chloroform immediately destroys the larvae 

 and the carbolic dip prevents the further blowing of the wound. 

 The stomach worm (Strongylus contortus) is the same form as 

 found in sheep, cattle, and deer. The treatment in all cases is the 

 same as for sheep. 



Goats have at least two kinds of scab parasites peculiar to 

 their species, but apparently only two kinds of scab develop. Psor- 

 optic scab of sheep does not develop disease upon them, though it 

 can undoubtedly sustain life for a while. Tapeworms of the genus 

 Moniezia are found in goats. In the intestines are also found five 

 round worms, namely, Strongylus filicollis, (Esophagostoma venu- 

 losum, Sclerostoma hypostomum, Uncinaria cernua, and Tricho- 

 cephalus affinis. Verminous pneumonia of sheep also occurs in 

 goats. 



Tuberculosis is so rare in goats that every case discovered has 

 been recorded, the number of such cases being less than a dozen. 

 It may be said, therefore, that they are practically immune from 

 this widespread and insidious disease. 



Goats are apt to have foot rot, but a cure is easily effected by 

 the use of sulphate of copper (blue vitriol). It is usually applied 

 by driving the goats through a trough containing a solution of 

 strong blue vitriol. The solution should be about an inch in depth. 

 Oscar Tom, a breeder of much experience, says: Butter of anti- 

 mony applied with a stiff feather will cure it, or mix 1 ounce of 

 sulphuric acid with 2 ounces of vinegar and apply as above. Go 

 over the whole band. Generally one application cures if well done. 

 Change the range at the same time if you can. 



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