Countryside & Small Stock Journal, November 1st, 1993
Diseases come in many forms. A localized infection only effects one part of the anatomy, while a systemic one affects the entire body. Acute diseases are sudden, with obvious symptoms, and chronic diseases are long-term and not as obvious. A disease can also be infectious or non-infectious.
Here's a quick look at some of the basic differences
In dairy goats - and all livestock - a "disease" is not necessarily a contagious thing that can be stopped with an injection of the right medication. To understand the ailments that can trouble our stock we need some idea of the variety of the problems ...
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