Goat Listerosis
We had a goat come down with what we found out to be listeriosis. We still don't know where from exactly but sounds like it can really be in anything. It was such a difficult situation to deal with. Fortunately for us, our goat made it through; and is now doing great. I wanted to write down what we experienced during this ordeal, so that others who have goats that are going through this terrible illness can gain a little more knowledge and hear our story. I found it difficult to get any information on the internet when I had searched. Symptoms began on a Thursday afternoon. We noticed that our one-year-old Boer goat, Clare, was not feeling well. She had some diarrhea a couple days before, but now just looked sick. We hoped she had just gotten into something that disagreed with her; and that she would snap out of it soon. Friday morning when I went down to feed the animals, the goat was really wobbly and then fell over and needed help getting back up. I watched her for a whi
