Goat Health Calendar-
Vaccination
| Diseases | Primary Vaccination | Repeat vaccination | |
| First Injection | Booster Injection | ||
| 1. Peste-des-Petitis | At 3 months of | Not required | Every 3 years |
| Ruminants (PPR) | age | ||
| 2. Foot & Mouth | At3-4 months | 3-4 weeks after | Every 6/12 month interval* |
| Disease (FMD) | of age | 1stInjection | |
| 3. Goat Pox (GP) ** | At3-4 months | 3-4 weeks after | Every 12 month interval* |
| of age | 1st Injection | ||
| 4. Enterotoxaemia | At3-4 months | 3-4 weeks after | Every 6/12 month interval* |
| (ET) | of age | 1st Injection | |
| 5. Haemorrhagic | At3-4 months | 3-4 weeks after | Every 6/12 month interval* |
| Septicaemia (HS) | of age | 1st Injection(2 | |
| dosesat1 month | |||
| interval) | |||
*As per the recommendations of manufacturers
Kids are naturally protected from diseases up to 3 months by proper feeding of colostrum immediately after birth.
For optimum benefits of vaccination, deworm your animals at least 15 days before vaccination
**For sheeep– replace goat pox vaccine with sheep pox vaccine
Drenching, deworming and dipping
| Diseases | Age groups | Treatment period | Recommended as feed mix | |
| 1. Drenching-Coccidiosis | 1 – 6 months | Anticoccidial drug for 5-7 days | Amprolium @50-100 mg / Kg body weight | |
| 2. Deworming
Endoparasitic infection |
3 months and above | Twodewormings annually (pre and post monsoon) | Fenbendazole @7.5 -10 mg / Kg body weight. Additional deworming may be needed in cases of heavy parasitic load or extended rainy season | |
| 3. Dipping*/Ectoparasitic infestation | Any age | Pre & Post winter | As and when required Close monitoring and treatment of Shed/soil is essential to avoid re-infection | |
*Avoid cold, cloudy and rainy days for dipping. Preferred time for dipping – 9 am. To 11 am.
Goat Screenings
| Diseases | Period | Recommendations |
| 1. Brucellosis+ | Once in a year | Positive animals need to be euthanized and buried |
| 2. Johne’s disease * | 6 month/once in a year, | Positive animals are to be removed from herd/ flock |
| 3. Mycoplasmosis | Once in a year | Treatment with specific drugs |
| 4. Mastitis | Once in a year | Treatment with specific drugs |
| 5. Endo-parasites | Regular screening of fecal samples | Monitor worm load (EPG/OPG) of the animals to decide time of deworming. |
+ Screening of adult goats especially breeding bucks and breedable females. From aborted animals submit 2 serum samples (Zero day i.e., day of abortion / still births and 21 days after abortion/stillbirth).
*Preferably one month after kidding.
Source-
MLA
“At** – CIRG.” Central Institute for Research on Goats. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May. 2017 <http://www.cirg.res.in/downloads/hcalender.pdf>.
APA
At** – CIRG. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cirg.res.in/downloads/hcalender.pdf
- Central Institute for Research on Goat.
