Laboratory testing and post-mortem lesion recognition in goats

Abstract

Goats are ruminants, and many of the diseases and disease presentations encountered in practice, will be similar to those in sheep and cattle. There are some subtle differences however with Clostridium perfringens Type D as an example causing ‘pulpy kidney’ and ‘sudden death’ in lambs, presenting as acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea in goats. This article aims to address these differences.