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Mycoplasma pneumonia is highly contagious and can be spread to kids through milk. The drug of choice for treating mycoplasma-related pneumonia is tylosin, or Tylan. It also causes some of the same symptoms as CAEV, including inflammation of the joints, the udder, and the eye.
It can cause a contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in goats. It is not a true virus and is not easily cured with antibiotics. Mycoplasma is a particularly frightening cause of pneumonia in goats. Treatment is 2X the cattle dose of Valbazen for three consecutive days, or 2X the cattle dose of Ivermectin for three consecutive days. A special fecal analysis, called a Baermann, must be done to definitively diagnose lungworms. Lungworms cause a dry cough, which is easily treated, although it may leave the goat with a chronic cough if they are severe enough. They are killed by hot water and hard freezes, but because they use snails and slugs in their development cycle, they thrive in cool, wet conditions. They are most common in the cooler months and are spread when larvae are coughed up, or when they are released in the feces and then mature. Lungworms can also chronically irritate the lungs, leading to pneumonia. Unfortunately, these cannot be cured and will eventually debilitate and kill a goat. The lentiviruses, which cause ovine progressive pneumonia (OPPV) and caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAEV), can lead to chronic pneumonia in goats. Viruses are common in goats and can sometimes increase susceptibility to respiratory infections by inflaming the throat and lungs. In goats, the most common bacteria that cause pneumonia are Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella motocida. It is only when they have other stressors that they are unable to stop an overgrowth. Mammals normally have bacteria in their lungs. The most common cause of pneumonia is a bacterial infection. (If you have a stethoscope, use that.) If your goat has pneumonia, you may be able to hear crackles when she breathes. Next, put your head down to the goat’s side, back a little from the shoulder and listen to the lungs.
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