​Maryland Small Ruminant Page

Health and diseases

Links to Infographics pertaining to health and diseases of sheep and goats These "infographics" or one-page factsheets are meant to provide an overview of a subject.  They are PDF files.  For JPG images of these infographics, go to FLICKR.  Feel free to use and share and suggests topics for other infographics.

 

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1. 3 kinds of prolapses

2. Abortion

3. The Big Three: small ruminant lentivirus, CL, and Johne's

4. Bloat

5. Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE)

6. Caseous lymphadenitis (CL)

7. Cobalt & B12

8. Copper poisoning or toxicosis

9. Diarrhea | Scours

10. Diseases you can get from sheep and goats

11. The Enterotoxemias

12. External parasites affecting sheep and goats

13. Floppy kid syndrome (FKS)

14. Hoof diseases

15. Internal parasites

16. Johne's disease

17. Listeriosis (circling disease)  

18. Mastitis:  udder madness  

19. Milk fever  

20. Normal, healthy sheep & goats

21. Not enough copper (copper deficiency)

22. Ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP)

23. Pink eye (Infectious  keratoconjunctivitis)  

24. Polio (Polioencephalomalacia)

25. Pregnancy toxemia 

26. Respiratory disease

27. Ruminal Acidosis

28. Scrapie: almost eradicated!

29. Soremouth

30. Tetanus, aka lockjaw

31. Thirteen potential risk factors for vaginal prolapses  

32. Toxoplasmosis

33. Treating moderate to severe heat stress in small ruminants

34. Type D Enterotoxemia (overeating disease)

35. Urinary calculi

36. Veterinarian-Client-Patient-Relationship (VCPR)

37. What else can cause a ewe or doe to abort?  

38. What is milk goiter?

39. White muscle disease

 

Last updated 09.26.26 by Susan Schoenian                                [GO BACK TO INDEX]

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