Metabolic/nutritional diseases

Many diseases can affect the digestive system of sheep and goats. Many are nutritionally-related. Nutrient deficiencies, excesses, and imbalances can cause many disease conditions or predispose animals to other problems. On this page, links are arranged alphabetically by disease or disorder: acidosis, bloat, copper deficiency, copper toxicity, diarrhea, enterotoxemia, goiter, grass tetany, milk fever, polioencephalomalacia, pregnancy toxemia, (other) vitamin and mineral deficiencies, urinary calculi, and white muscle disease.

Metabolic and nutritional diseases - National Goat Handbook
Metabolic and nutrition diseases of goats - Ontario, Canada
Metabolic diseases of pregnant ewes - Moredun Res. Institute
[PDF] Nutritional diseases of sheep - Utah St. Univ.
Nutritional effects on sheep health - Lincoln University
[PPT] Nutritional/Metabolic Problems in sheep - Iowa State Univ.
Prevention of metabolic disease in early lambing flocks - NADIS, UK
Problems that can be frequently related to nutrition
Raising rumens - boergoats.com
[Class Notes] Rumen metabolic disease - Purdue Univ.

Acidiosis (grain overload)

[PDF] Acidosis in goats - Sweetlix®
Barley poisoning
Grain overload - Merck Vet Manual | Sub-acute ruminal acidosis
[PDF] Grain poisoning - Livestock Central Aust
Grain poisoning of cattle and sheep - NSW, Australia | PDF
How to prevent acidosis in goats - GoatGal.com
Ruminal acidosis - Onion Creek Farm
[PDF] Rumen acidosis or grain poisoning - CattleKing Ag Services
[PDF] Use caution when changing sheep rations - Alberta, Canada

Bloat

[PDF] Bloat - Alaska Livestock Series
Bloat - InfoVets
Bloat - NSW, Australia | PDF
Bloat in goats - BoerGoats.com
Bloat in goats - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF] Bloat in sheep and goats - Ethiopia Sheep/Goat Project
[PDF] Beware of bloat! - Sweetlix®
Preventing bloat on pasture
Preventing pasture bloat in sheep - Purdue University
Rumen mobility and bloat diagnosis - Kinne's Mini's
Ruminal tympany (bloat) - Colorado St. Univ.
[Scribd] Tympany in ruminants by Ali Sadiek Assiut Univ.

Copper deficiency

Basic information on copper deficiency in goats in S. Calif.
Copper deficiency and toxicity in goats - Onion Creek Ranch
Copper deficiency in Pygmy goats - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF] Copper deficiency in sheep and cattle - West Aust.
[PDF] Goat health: copper deficiency - NSW, Aust.

Copper toxicity

Chronic copper poisoning in sheep - Ontario, Canada
Control of copper poisoning in sheep - Ireland
Copper poisoning in sheep - NADIS, UK
Copper Poisoning in a Flock of Sheep. Copper Excretion Patterns
[PDF] Copper toxicity in sheep - Micronutrients
Copper poisoning ruminants - Moredun Res. Institute
Copper toxicity in sheep - Purdue University
Copper toxicity in sheep - Salt Institute
[PDF] Copper toxicity in sheep is on the rise in Kansas and Nebraksa
Revisiting copper toxicity in sheep ... by Susan Schoenian
What diseases are associated with copper?

Diarrhea (scours)

[PDF] Calf scours simplified - Utah State Univ.
[PDF] Causes of scouring amongst goats - Boer Goat Assoc. of Aust.
Diarrhea - Onion Creek Ranch
Diarrhea (neonatal) - GoatWisdom
Diarrhea (scours) in small ruminants
[PDF] E. coli scours "watery mouth" - Michigan St. Univ.
Scouring in hand-reared animals - Lifestyle Block
Watery mouth disease in lambs - Merck Vet Manual
Young Ruminant Diarrhea - GoatConnection

Enterotoxemia (overeating disease)

Enterotoxemia (overeating disease) in sheep and goats | PDF
Enterotoxemia - Maudlin's Boer Goats
Enterotoxemia caused by C. perfringins type B and C - Merck Vet Manual
[PDF] Enterotoxemia (overeating disease) of lambs - Iowa St. Univ.
Enterotoxemia - GoatWorld (from National Goat Handbook)
[PDF] Enterotoxemia ... the deadly tummy-ache - Navajo Sheep Projecty
[PDF] Flock health planning: clostridial diseases - Meat Promotion Wales
[PDF] Overeating disease - Pipestone Vet Clinic

Goiter (iodine deficiency)

Gioter and iodine deficiency - Tasmania, Australia
Goiter in goats - Manitoba, Canada
Iodine deficiency - NADIS, UK
[PDF] Iodine deficiency in sheep - Salt Institute
Milk goiter in goat kids - Goat Biology
Milk neck / milk goiter - Fias Co Farm
Non-neoplastic enlargement of the throid gland - Merck Vet Manual

Grass tetany

Grass tetany by Andre Voisin | In sheep
[PDF] Grass tetany: causes and prevention - Salt Institute
Grass tetany / grass staggers - Tasmania, Aust.
Grass tetany in ruminants FAQ's - Alberta, Canada
How to reduce the potential for grass tetany - WV Univ.
Hypomagnesemic tetany in adult cattle and sheep - Merck Vet Manual
[PDF] Role of sodium deficiency and excess nitrates in grass tetany
[PDF] Salt reduces grass tetany - Salt Institute

Milk fever (hypocalcemia)

Hypocalcemia - Organic Vet, UK
Hypocalcemia in ewes - NADIS, UK
Hypocalcaemia in sheep (milk fever) - Tasmania, Aust.
Milk fever - Smallstock in Development
Milk fever strikes by Susan Schoenian
Milk fever - Onion Creek Ranch
Milk fever (hypocalcamia) - Fias Co Farm
More feedback on hypocalcemia in goats - GoatWorld
Parturient paresis in sheep and goats - Merck Vet Manual
Pregnancy toxemia and hypocalcemia - Queensland, Aust.

Polioencephalomalacia

[PDF] Case report of encephalopathy in goats - Arch. Razi Ins.
Our experience with polioencephalomalacia - U-say Ranch
PEM and molasses: the real story - Sweetlix®
Polioencephalomalacia: Introduction - Merck Vet Manual
Polioencephalomalacia - Purdue Univ. class project
Polioencephalomalaica (goat polio) - Alabama Coop. Ext. | PDF
Polioencephalomalacia - J. Animal Sci
[WORD] Sulfur-induced polioencephalomalacia - Univ. of Missouri

Pregnancy toxemia (ketosis)

Gestational toxemia in sheep - GoatConnection
[PDF] Goat health: pregnancy toxemia - NSW, Australia
Ketosis and pregnancy toxemia - Fias Co Farm
[PDF] Ketosis or pregnancy toxemia in the doe - Sweetlix®
[PDF] Ketosis or pregnancy toxemia in the ewe - Sweetlix®
[PDF] Pregnancy disease: a flock perspective - Michigan St. Univ.
[PDF] Pregnancy ketosis - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Pregnancy toxemia - Navajo Sheep Project
[PDF] Pregnancy toxemia in goats - Alabama CE
Pregnancy toxemia (twin lamb disease) - W. Aust.
[PDF] Pregnancy toxemia and hypocalcemia of ewes - W. Aust.
Pregnancy toxemia and ketosis in goats - W.Aust.
Pregnancy toxemia in ewes and does by Susan Schoenian
Pregnancy toxemia (ketosis) in does and ewes - Lincoln University

Urinary calculi (urolithiasis)

[PDF] Incidence of urinary calculi in goats fed a high P diet - Japan
[PDF] Urinary blockage in llamas and alpacas - Penn State Univ.
Urinary calculi - Bar None Meat Goats
[PDF] Urinary calculi in cattle and sheep - Univ. Nebr. (historical)
Urinary calculi in goats - Onion Creek Ranch
Urinary calculi in growing lambs - Ontario, Canada
Urinary calculi in sheep and goats by Susan Schoenian
Urinary calculi in wether lambs/kids - Texas A&M
[PDF] Urinary calculi (water belly) - Iowa State Univ.
Urinary calculi - National Pygmy Goat Association
[PDF] Urinary stones in goats - Sweetlix™
Urinary calculi: the "buck" killer - Maudlin's Boer Goats
Urinary stones - Fias Co Farm
Urolithiasis (gravel) in rams - NADIS, UK
Urolithiasis in Pygmy goats - Kinne's Mini's
Urolithiasis in ruminants - Merck Vet Manual
Urolithiasis in small ruminants - GoatConnection

Vitamin and mineral deficiencies

Cobalt - Serious Goats
Cobalt deficiency in lambs - NADIS, UK
Cobalt - Vitamin B-12 deficience - Daneke Club Lambs
[PDF] Mineral deficiencies in livestock - Fort Lewis College (CO)
[PDF] Trace element deficiency in growing lambs - NADIS, UK
[PDF] Trace element deficiencies in sheep and cattle - West. Aust.
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies in goats - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Vitamin deficiences in livestock - Fort Lewis College (CO)
[PDF] Vitamin B-12 deficiency in sheep and cattle
[PDF] Vitamin E - Pipestone Vet Clinic

White muscle disease

Nutritional myopathy of calves and lambs - Merck Vet Manual
Nutritional muscular dystrophy of goats - Caprine Classic Dairy Goats
[PDF] Selenium and vitamin E deficiencies of Livestock - Vigortone
[PDF] Selenium deficiency in sheep - NSW, Australia
Vitamin E and selenium concentrations in ewes and lambs
Vitamin E and Selenium deficiency - Organic Vet, UK
Weak kid (white muscle disease) - Clear Creek Farms
White muscle disease - Maudlin's Boer Goats
[PDF] White muscle disease - Pipestone Vet Clinic
White muscle disease - Purdue University class project
White muscle disease in sheep and goats by Susan Schoenian

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Last updated 19-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.