DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



AILMENTS. 



Though goats ape. on the whole, generally free from disease, they occasionally 

 have their troubles, and the following table of diseases, symptoms, and treatment 

 should prove useful : 



Ailment. 



Symptoms. 



Treatment. 



Colds 

 Bronchitis 



Constipation 



Diarrhoea 



Dysentery 



Internal inflammation 

 Inflammation of udder 



Sore teats 



Lumps in teats 



Running at nose and eyes ; 

 shivering ; staring coat 



Similar to above, with 

 quick breathing and dry 

 cough, becoming looser 

 until mucous is thrown 

 up 



Thin, slimy, offensive 

 discharges ; fever ; no 

 appetite; goat becomes 

 weakened and emaci- 

 ated 



Udder swollen, hot and 

 painful to touch 



Due to a clot of milk, or 

 sometimes matter 



Warm housing; blanketing; warm 

 gruel or bran-mashes. 



As above; give inhalations of tur- 

 pentine twice or thrice daily, by 

 pouring turpentine over a little 

 sawdust in bottom of a bucket, 

 adding boiling water and holding 

 goat's head in the steam. 



About an ounce of Epsom salts in 

 a pint of warm water, and warm 

 bran-mashes. 



Administer purgative of Epsom 

 salts ; if diarrhoea continues, give 

 '-i oz. of prepared chalk in pint 

 of warm water or milk every 

 other day. 



Administer purgative and feed on 

 good hay or gruel. Give chalk 

 as above, and also 5 grains sul- 

 phate of iron twice daily in 

 water. 



veterinarian.) 



Rub udder with carbolic oil ; milk 

 carefully and well; give 2 oz. 

 ->m salts every other day. 

 Apply hot fomentations if udder 

 hard, and dry thoroughly. If kid 

 sucking, take it away and feed 

 by hand. 



Wounds or scratches on udder or 

 teats should be washed and 

 dressed with carbolized vaseline. 



Soften with hot fomentation and 

 work between fing 



