Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 16-month-old mixed breed female goat was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital because of a 10-week history of drooling, tongue protrusion, and weight loss.The goat was from a 150-head ranch in Texas.This goat had been on native grass pasture that was heavily populated with honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa).All herd members were routinely vaccinated yearly for Clostridium perfringens Type C and D and tetanus and were dewormed every 3 months with ivermectin.On this ranch, adult does and their suckling kids grazed the pasture, while weaned kids were fed commercially prepared pellets and prairie hay.Ponds provided water.Five other goats, ranging in age from 1 to 3 years, began having similar clinical signs about the same time as the goat admitted for examination.The salient clinical signs consisted of drooling, tongue protrusion, tremors of the mandible, dysphagia, and weight loss; however, their appetites remained normal, and the goats were otherwise bright and alert.These goats were treated with penicillin G procaine and vitamin E and selenium injections with no response.One of these 5 was euthanatized, and specimens of brain, masseter muscle, rumen content, kidney, and liver were submitted to the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in Amarillo, Tex.Abnormal findings included subacute to chronic degenerative myopathy of the masseter muscle and evidence of a rumen acidosis.According to the owner, the goat admitted for examination was removed from the pasture when clinical signs began.After receiving pelleted ration for about 6 weeks, the goat improved.The goat was
Institution: Oklahoma State University
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2057022803