Infected cats transmit Toxoplasmosis in their feces. Beware of barn cats having access to goat hay and feed. The sudden onset of multiple abortions in a herd is called an abortion storm. Both the dead fetuses and the placental matter needs to be saved and delivered to a caprine vet or pathologist for evaluation and recommendation for treatment. Valbazen has been proven to cause abortions.
Oxytetracycline interferes with teeth and bone formation in utero.
Taking into account what they eat and how they should be managed and medicated, goats are more closely related to deer than to sheep. The abortion and caseous lymphadenitis vaccines developed for sheep are dangerous if given to goats. A prolapse exists if either the rectum or the vagina is outside the doe's body. Rectal prolapses usually result in does that have been allowed to get too fat. Properly managing the pregnant doe's nutritional intake should make these prolapses less likely to occur.