As goat owners, understanding diseases that can affect our herds is crucial for maintaining healthy animals and preventing the spread of illnesses. In this episode, Deborah Niemann is joined by Dr.

When weather conditions are warm and moist, young livestock are at risk of the parasitic disease coccidiosis, said David Fernandez, Ph.D, Extension livestock specialist and interim dean of graduate ...

Sheep pox and goat pox are viral diseases of sheep and goats characterized by fever, generalized papules or nodules, vesicles, internal lesions particularly in the lungs, and death. Both diseases are ...

Populations of bighorn sheep are lean compared to mountain goats in Summit County. This unbalance is causing local experts to investigate how to stabilize their numbers. “Mountain goats are much more ...

There are about 1,700 wild bighorn sheep in 17 herds in central and eastern Washington. In March, Washington transported 20 bighorn sheep to Utah in an effort to keep the Chelan Butte Herd smaller in ...

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MISSOULA, Mont. — A group of University of Montana researchers are in year two of a five-year study funded by Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks to track bighorn sheep and mountain goats. There is a ...

Livestock producers whose lambs and kids have dark scours (diarrhea) and don’t respond to standard antibiotic treatment or deworming are most likely dealing with coccidiosis, said David Fernandez, ...

An outbreak of animal disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is threatening to cause a food security crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned. Reports from DRC’s ...