{"id":1702,"date":"2014-08-25T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T04:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2014-09-01T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T01:36:29","slug":"good-result-for-well-travelled-goatie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theveterinarian.com.au\/?p=1702","title":{"rendered":"Good result for well-travelled Goatie"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n\r\n\"Goatie<\/a>\r\n\r\nBrisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre (BVSC + The Animal Hospital)<\/span><\/span><\/span> recently helped a much-loved female Boer goat named Goatie overcome an oral cancer.\r\n\r\nGoatie was flown from her rainforest home near Cairns, Qld, to Brisbane in the hope of removing a fast-growing oral cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) affecting the upper front of her mouth. Owner Naomi Brigham was determined to do ‘anything’ to ensure Goatie’s health \u2013 including booking her pet on a $2500 one-way flight.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cShe has been my devoted friend since her mother died when she was two days old. Goatie is toilet trained, [is] much cleaner than a dog or cat due to her herbivorous diet, and sleeps on my bed,\u201d Brigham said. \u201cIf it is raining on our daily walk she wears a raincoat. Goats are very spirited and individual. We share an amazing sympatico.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nOnce Goatie arrived, the staff at BVSC + The Animal Hospital ran a CT scan that showed exactly where the tumour was. A chest and neck CT showed there was no evidence that the cancer had spread.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBeing such a delicate operation, all <\/span>care was taken to provide Goatie with all the pain relief possible using nerve blocks, opioid drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs and pain patches.<\/span>\r\n\r\nRod Straw, oncology specialist at the Centre, carried out a successful two-hour procedure, the first of its kind on a goat. The tumour was removed in its entirety. Reconstruction was also successful, and Goatie began eating just hours after surgery \u2013 a relief, as she had to be fasted for 24 hours before anaesthesia.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWith no complications, Goatie headed back to the rainforest, cancer-free.\u00a0<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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