2021

Signalment:1.5-week-old, female, goat

History:Presented for weakness, nasal discharge, and emaciation. Overnight, the goat died while hospitalized. 12 kids have died recently on the farm, and several others had been showing similar clinical signs.

Gross Lesions:The goat is in emaciated body condition has serous atrophy of the renal pelvic fat. The ventral portion of the right cranial lung lobe is dark pink to red, firm, and depressed. Multifocal, small, round, tan foci of caseous material are within the parenchyma. The affected section of lung sinks in formalin. The bile ducts have thickened walls and are filled with pale green mucoid material. The gallbladder is distended with similar material. The right middle ear contains a moderate amount of yellow pasty exudate.