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.

1 Fundamentals of Goat Practice 1
2 Skin 17
3 Subcutaneous Swellings 45
4 Musculoskeletal System 63
5 Nervous System 123
6 Ocular System 179
7 Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems 193
8 Cardiovascular System 231
9 Respiratory System 247
10 Digestive System 275
11 Liver and Pancreas 359
12 Urinary System 387
13 Reproductive System 411
14 Mammary Gland and Milk Production 465
15 Wasting Disease 495
16 Sudden Death 503
17 Anesthesia 509
18 Dehorning and Descenting 519
19 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 527
20 Herd Health Management and Preventive Medicine 565
App. A. Pharmacokinetic Studies 579
App. B. Alternative Medicine 593
App. C. Conversion Factors for Biochemistry and Hematology 599
Index 601