Goat diseases can cause huge economic loss to the farmers, due to intensification of goat farming
and poor management practices. Several factors like overpopulated herd size, poor ventilation
and poor management system can predispose to disease. Fomites such as water and feed troughs,
as well as bedding can also probably transmit disease for a short time, but do not remain
infectious for long periods. Goats form an integral part of Animal production in most rural and
urban communities, their economic advantage is primarily associated with the ease of handling
as it favors small scale investment, minimum risk of loss and high reproductive efficiency. Goats
are mainly kept for meat, milk, manure, wool and immediate cash sources. Effort to improve the
productivity of livestock in most countries can be hindered by numerous factors which include
infectious and non-infectious diseases that result in countless number of goat loss due to diseases
thereby reducing the productive capacity of goat keeping and management.