Secondary lactose intolerance in a neonatal goat

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2000 Aug 1;217(3):372-5, 340. doi: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.372.

Abstract

A 2-week-old Toggenburg kid was evaluated for persistent diarrhea and poor body condition. The herd had high morbidity and mortality associated with diarrhea in neonatal kids. Lactose intolerance was diagnosed on the basis of results of a lactose tolerance test and glucose absorption test. Clinically normal herdmates were used as control animals. The kid responded to lactase supplementation. Cryptosporidium organisms were detected in feces of several affected kids during episodes of acute diarrhea. Lactose intolerance was presumed to have developed secondary to intestinal cryptosporidiosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cryptosporidiosis / complications
  • Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis / veterinary*
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification
  • Diarrhea / complications
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Diarrhea / veterinary*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Goat Diseases / diagnosis
  • Goat Diseases / drug therapy
  • Goat Diseases / etiology*
  • Goats
  • Lactose Intolerance / diagnosis
  • Lactose Intolerance / drug therapy
  • Lactose Intolerance / etiology
  • Lactose Intolerance / veterinary*
  • beta-Galactosidase / therapeutic use

Substances

  • beta-Galactosidase