Abstract
As a service to our commercial clients, and with the popularity of “urban agriculture”, large and mixed animal practitioners are frequently called upon to evaluate and treat reproductive disorders of small ruminants. Often, these animals are owned by clients with no or very little previous exposure to animal agriculture. In many cases, it is the practitioner’s goal to simply educate these neophyte owners on normal reproductive physiology and basic animal husbandry.
 Both sheep and goats are inherently very fertile when infectious diseases are controlled, proper nutrition provided, and environmental extremes mitigated. Both species typically reproduce very efficiently with little human intervention. However, as practitioners, we are called upon to investigate reproductive maladies that may be commonplace or, especially as “pet” sheep and goats are kept well past traditional reproductive ages, disorders with which we may be unfamiliar.
 This presentation will use a problem list as the basis for discussion of how to troubleshoot a wide range of reproductive disorders of small ruminants. Because of the large depth and breadth of disorders one may encounter, a full discussion of each malady and its treatment is beyond the scope of this presentation. Rather, a series of common client complaints will be listed followed by a discussion of a systematic approach to establishing a diagnosis or etiology. The specifics of treatment will not be discussed.
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