Treatment of mastitis in goats. How to treat mastitis in a goat

Mastitis is one of the most common diseases of dairy animals: goats, cows and sheep. It is he who most often causes the culling of milking individuals from the herd. The fact is that even after a successful cure, the productivity of a dairy animal is often not fully restored.

Causes and prevention

Of course, like any other disease, mastitis does not occur just like that, from scratch. Its main cause is hypothermia. Treatment of mastitis in goats - the procedure is rather complicated and not always effective. Therefore, to prevent it, it is very important to take various preventive measures. First of all, care must be taken to ensure that there is no draft in the shed. The second, the most common cause, is infection through a dirty bedding. You need to change it as often as possible.

Another common cause of mastitis in dairy animals, including goats, is incomplete milk surrender. You also need to know about this. The remaining colostrum "burns out" over time, and the products of its decay begin to decompose, causing inflammation.

The hidden form

Treatment of mastitis in goats begins with the definition of its variety. A few weeks after lambing due to hypothermia or as a result of getting into the udder, a serous (latent) form often develops. With early diagnosis and proper treatment, the animal in this case usually recovers quickly enough (about five days) and without a decrease in productivity.

The most dangerous variety

Gangrenous mastitis of goats is a very serious disease, difficult to treat. It can flow in a super-sharp or acute form. In the first case, the animal can not usually be saved. When infected with acute mastitis, you can try to cure a goat. The survival rate is about 65%.

Other varieties

There are also forms of this disease, such as:

• serous;
• Fibrinous;
• hemorrhagic.

These are the most common mastitis goats. Serous mastitis - the mildest form - is more common than others. If you suspect any kind of this disease, the goat should definitely be shown to the vet. Since it refers to quite serious, it is highly recommended not to treat the animal independently. The probability that a goat will die is too great.

Serous mastitis in the goat: symptoms and treatment

As already mentioned, this species is not considered too dangerous, but requires timely treatment. Serous mastitis is an inflammation of the udder with an exudate attack in the connective tissue. Its attributes include:

• Reduction of milk yield;
• The oppressed state of the animal;
• Deterioration of appetite;
• Increased body temperature;
• Increase in the volume of the affected part of the udder;
• Redness of the skin on it;
• Increase in local temperature;
• Enlargement of the supra-lymph node.

In the initial stage milk from a goat remains normal and milk yields do not usually decrease. As the disease develops, it becomes watery. Irreversible changes in the tissues of the udder usually do not cause serous mastitis.

Make sure that the goat has this disease is simple enough. Independently it can be done by buying a special preparation "Mastitest". When added to milk in the quantities indicated on the package, it is rolled up or turned into a gelatinous mass. Treatment of a diseased goat is usually done both by medication and symptomatic.

Signs of purulent mastitis

Now let's see how to determine purulent mastitis in a goat. Signs (diagnosis in this case - a simple procedure) with its super-sharp form is as follows:

• Increase in body temperature to 41.5 g;
• Increased frequency of breathing and pulse;
• Isolation from the hot painful udder of blood exudate.

One day after the onset of the disease, the udder becomes swollen, painless and cold. His skin becomes bluish. Usually, with this development of the disease, by the end of the second day the animal dies in the agonial state.

With acute mastitis, the signs of the disease in goats are about the same, but they develop more slowly. In this case, the animal usually stands with its legs spread wide apart. The udder in the first day is hotter, and in the second and subsequent - cold and swollen.

How to treat

It is only the vet that can determine with precision what kind of mastitis a goat is sick. Show the animal doctor should be sure. Treatment of mastitis in goats is usually complex. Most likely, the doctor will prescribe the introduction of special drugs and the performance of certain physiological procedures.

A solution of penicillin or streptomycin is usually injected into the affected part of the udder. After milking, antibiotics are also injected intracisternally. It can be, for example, preparations "Mysticid" or "Mastisan". With a very painful condition of the udder, Mastomycin is often used, which includes lidocaine. The main distinguishing feature of all antibiotics used to treat goat mastitis is that they are made on an oily basis (usually vegetable oil). In addition, the doctor can prescribe the treatment of mastitis in goats by introducing furatsilina 1: 5000 on a 0.9% solution of sodium chloride.

After the injection with any preparation, the udder of the animal is slightly massaged from the bottom up.

Medical treatment of mastitis in a goat must necessarily be accompanied by frequent milkings. Perform this procedure every 4-6 hours (except night time). First, a healthy portion of the udder is surrendered, and then - very carefully - a sick one. After performing this procedure, the skin of the affected part is rubbed with ichthyol ointment (1-2 times a day for 3-4 days). If desired, it can be replaced with salicylic or camphor.

Among other things, the veterinarian usually prescribes and symptomatic treatment. On the first day of the disease, a cold compress is applied to the udder of the goat, in all subsequent - warm. Also, the animal is given a diuretic and laxative.

Thus, you now know roughly how to treat mastitis in a goat. The procedure is quite complicated. An ill animal requires special attention. The recommendations of the veterinarian must be fulfilled by the owners completely. In the event that the udder is in a very painful condition, it is worth rubbing in addition and anesthetic ointment. For its preparation, 1 g of novocaine is mixed with 20 g of Vaseline and 4 g of boric acid.

Before surrender, massage of the patient part of the udder (in the direction from the bottom upwards, along the lymphatic vessels) must be performed.

Feeding a sick animal

Mastitis in a goat, which is treated in a complex way, is usually accompanied by a strong swelling of the udder. In order not to provoke further development of the disease, all feeds capable of stimulating lactation should be excluded from the ration of the animal. For example, give a goat juicy vegetables and fruits, as well as potatoes, or solder her milk can not. Do not give the goat a fresh grass or branches. It is also recommended to reduce the daily intake of consumed mixed fodders. The main food for a sick goat should be quality hay and brooms.

How to deal with milk

Thus, for the diseased animal must be carried out the most thorough care. Of course, you can not consume milk from such a goat. This rule is valid even if it does not have too dangerous serous (latent) mastitis. Children from such a product, for example, can develop diarrhea. Before you consume milk again, you need to carefully treat the mastitis in the goat. You can drink it only after all the signs of the disease have disappeared.

Milk from the sick part of the udder after surrender is utilized. It is desirable to degrease it beforehand. Milk from a healthy part of the udder with serous mastitis can be boiled and fed to other animals.

Internal damage

Thus, we have figured out how to treat mastitis in a goat. However, the above described technique is effective usually only with serous mastitis. Ill with a purulent variety of goats can often not be saved. The following pathoanatomical signs are observed in the animals that died from this disease:

• Weakly expressed rigor mortis;
• Anemia of the mucous membranes;
• Enlarged lymph nodes ;
• Pulmonary edema with hemorrhage;
• Impregnated with exudate subcutaneous tissue;
• Edematous perineum;
• Flabby spleen;
• Overflowing gallbladder;
• Flabby kidneys.

Thus, the disease is very serious, requiring immediate action - mastitis in a goat. He should be treated in a timely manner. Take your goat to the veterinarian and follow the recommendations given to them with all accuracy.