Noninfectious Infertility in the Doe
CHAPTER 79 Noninfectious Infertility in the Doe WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. Infections of the genital tract are seldom causes of infertility in goats,1 although infectious causes of abortion are important. Postpartum…
Inherited Sex Abnormalities in Goats
CHAPTER 80 Inherited Sex Abnormalities in Goats PARVATHI K. BASRUR, HARPREET S. KOCHHAR The process of sex differentiation is vulnerable to disruptive events emanating from unfavorable maternal environment and abnormal…
Noninfectious Prenatal Pregnancy Loss in the Doe
CHAPTER 78 Noninfectious Prenatal Pregnancy Loss in the Doe WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. Many noninfectious agents have been named by producers as responsible for pregnancy loss in the goat. Unfortunately, most…
Periparturient Infections and Structural Abnormalities
CHAPTER 76 Periparturient Infections and Structural Abnormalities WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. A variety of periparturient conditions may interfere with normal parturition or adversely affect the health or fertility of does after…
Postpartum Care of the Doe and Kid
CHAPTER 74 Postpartum Care of the Doe and Kid JOAN DEAN. ROWE, NANCY E. EAST PREPARTUM PREVENTION OF POSTPARTUM PROBLEMS Prevention of postpartum problems in does and kids begins long…
Principles of Colostrum Feeding
CHAPTER 43 Principles of Colostrum Feeding MAISIE ERNESTINE. DAWES, JEFF W. TYLER The prenatal transfer of immunoglobulins to the bovine fetus is limited by the syndesmochorial placental structure. Consequently, calves…
Parturition and Dystocia in the Goat
CHAPTER 73 Parturition and Dystocia in the Goat WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. PARTURITION Parturition is signaled by a series of events in pregnant does that alert the owner to impending kidding….
Estrus Detection
CHAPTER 36 Estrus Detection MICHAEL L. O’CONNOR Faulty estrus detection is the most important problem in reproductive management confronting the herd manager and the veterinarian. For example, Barr1 determined that…
Clinical Examination of the Female Reproductive Tract
CHAPTER 70 Clinical Examination of the Female Reproductive Tract LIONEL J. DAWSON Goats are usually seasonal breeders. With respect to reproduction, the single most important regulating factor is the day…
Urogenital Surgery in Goats
CHAPTER 67 Urogenital Surgery in Goats A.M. HEATH, DAVID GARTRELL. PUGH, M.S. EDENS The most common urogenital surgery that will be performed by most practitioners is castration of young bucks….
