Nasal polyps in goats?

[Hitty]

Hey!

Anyone know anything about nasal polyps in goats? Suspecting enzootic intranasal tumor. Hoping to be proven wrong. Couldn't take a good picture, but there are several small polyps bilaterally inside the nasal cavity, bleeding lightly but easily when cleaned manually, constant production of boogers. The brother seems perfectly fine.

[Red]

It could potentially just be some rhinitis/sinusitis allergies if there's constant mucus, the blood could be from the inflamed mucosa. Goats always seem to get stuff up their nose depending on their envirnments, could be some ulcerates from an insect or wood shavings too. I would see if there's any sort of foul smell, make sure there isn't any fungal infection.

It could be various things, though you'd need to ask a Vet if possible. Of course, it wouldn't be wise to immediately rule out ENT, symptoms here may be consistent with that, especially since it's brother doesn't seem to be experiencing any symptoms. See if you can do an endoscopy or biopsy of the polyps.

How is the goat behaving now? Is it eating and active? How significant is the bleeding and mucus?

[brimstoneSalad]

It probably wouldn't hurt to go to a vet, but when it comes to ENT stuff there's usually not that much that can be done even for humans. Aggressive treatment can lead to weird things like empty nose syndrome -- and we'll never know if a goat is experiencing that and suffering in a way that can't be communicated. If quality of life seems good, sometimes well enough has to be left alone unfortunately. Sorry about your booger goat situation.