Dr. G.C. MandaliCHAVELIKAR PRATIKKUMAR RAMESHCHANDRA2019-03-302019-03-302017http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810100100Goat is a versatile animal known as the “Poor man’s cow” in India. Archaeological studies provide sufficient evidence that goat was the earliest ruminant and probably the first animal after dog to be domesticated by man long before 7000 B.C. India has the largest population of goats of the world. Ruminal acidosis is one of the most important clinical emergencies in small ruminants.en-USnullThesis