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Mad Cow Disease (BSE)
Symptoms: Behavioral changes, ataxia, death. Treatment: There is no treatment. Prevention: Not feeding ruminants with meat and bone meal from ruminants.
Rabies
Symptoms: Behavioral changes, paralysis, death. Treatment: No effective treatment once clinical signs appear. Prevention: Vaccination and control of stray animals.
Foot and Mouth Disease
Symptoms: Vesicles and erosions on feet and mouth, fever, and decreased milk production. Treatment: Supportive care. Prevention: Vaccination and biosecurity measures.
Tuberculosis
Symptoms: Weight loss, coughing, lethargy. Treatment: Culling infected animals is recommended. Prevention: Testing and removing infected animals from the herd.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)
Symptoms: Reproductive failure, pneumonia in piglets. Treatment: Managing secondary infections, supportive care. Prevention: Biosecurity, controlled exposure, and vaccination.
Bluetongue
Symptoms: Fever, swollen tongue, lameness, and nasal discharge. Treatment: Supportive care. Prevention: Vector control and vaccination in endemic areas.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
Symptoms: Progressive neurological degeneration. Treatment: No treatment available. Prevention: Avoid feeding animals with by-products containing nervous tissue.
Newcastle Disease
Symptoms: Respiratory distress, nervous signs, diarrhea. Treatment: No specific treatment. Prevention: Vaccination and strict biosecurity.
Coccidiosis
Symptoms: Diarrhea, weight loss, and poor growth. Treatment: Anticoccidial drugs and supportive care. Prevention: Good hygiene and management practices.
Salmonellosis
Symptoms: Diarrhea, fever, abortion in pregnant animals. Treatment: Antibiotics and supportive therapy. Prevention: Good sanitation, rodent control, and vaccination in some cases.
Necrotic Enteritis in Poultry
Symptoms: Severe intestinal necrosis, sudden death, decreased performance. Treatment: Prophylactic or therapeutic antibiotics. Prevention: Good management practices and dietary manipulation.
Anthrax
Symptoms: Rapid death without prior symptoms, bloated carcasses. Treatment: Antibiotics if detected early. Prevention: Vaccination and proper disposal of carcasses.
Avian Influenza
Symptoms: Sudden death, decreased egg production, respiratory signs. Treatment: Culling of infected and exposed birds. Prevention: Biosecurity and surveillance to detect outbreaks early.
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
Symptoms: Fever, erosive lesions in the mouth, diarrhea, pneumonia. Treatment: Supportive care. Prevention: Vaccination and movement control.
Sheep Scab (Psoroptic Mange)
Symptoms: Intense itching, wool loss, and crusted skin lesions. Treatment: Acaricides and supportive skin treatment. Prevention: Quarantine of new stock, regular inspection, and treatment.
Mastitis
Symptoms: Swelling, heat, redness, and pain in the udder. Treatment: Antibiotics and milking out the infected quarter. Prevention: Proper milking hygiene and culling chronically infected animals.
Trypanosomiasis
Symptoms: Fever, anemia, edema, and often fatal if untreated. Treatment: Antiparasitic drugs. Prevention: Control of tsetse fly population.
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
Symptoms: Respiratory disease, conjunctivitis, abortion, and general reproductive disorders. Treatment: Antivirals and supportive care. Prevention: Vaccination and biosecurity.
Swine Erysipelas
Symptoms: Skin lesions, arthritis, sudden death. Treatment: Antibiotics such as penicillin. Prevention: Sanitation, vaccination, and pig flow management.
Brucellosis
Symptoms: Abortion, infertility, lameness. Treatment: Antibiotics, but often necessitates culling. Prevention: Testing and removal of positive animals, vaccination in some regions.
Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP)
Symptoms: Weight loss, difficulty breathing, increased susceptibility to secondary infections. Treatment: There is no effective treatment. Prevention: Test and cull policy, good husbandry practices.
Histophilosis (Histophilus somni complex in cattle)
Symptoms: Fever, lameness, respiratory signs, and death. Treatment: Antibiotics and supportive care. Prevention: Vaccination and management practices that reduce stress and overcrowding.
Q Fever
Symptoms: Abortions, stillbirths, and weak offspring. Treatment: Antibiotics for affected animals. Prevention: Good management practices and hygiene.
African Swine Fever (ASF)
Symptoms: High fever, hemorrhages, death. Treatment: No treatment or vaccine. Prevention: Biosecurity measures and controlling movement of pigs and pork products.
Pink Eye (Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis)
Symptoms: Ocular discharge, corneal ulcers, and blindness if untreated. Treatment: Antibiotic application and protecting eyes from light. Prevention: Fly control, vaccination, and avoiding overcrowding.
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
Symptoms: Diarrhea, respiratory problems, reproductive disorders. Treatment: Supportive care, may include antibiotics for secondary infections. Prevention: Vaccination and management to prevent persistent infections.
Canine Distemper in Ferrets
Symptoms: Fever, nasal discharge, seizures, and enamel hypoplasia in kits. Treatment: Supportive care and antiviral therapy may be used. Prevention: Vaccination and isolation of new animals.
Equine Influenza
Symptoms: Cough, fever, nasal discharge, lethargy. Treatment: Rest and supportive care. Prevention: Vaccination and isolation of infected horses.
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
Symptoms: Nodules on the skin, fever, and emaciation. Treatment: Supportive treatment and secondary infection control. Prevention: Vaccination and vector control.
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE)
Symptoms: Swollen joints, encephalitis in kids, mastitis. Treatment: Supportive care. Prevention: Testing and removal of positive animals, and using pasteurized colostrum and milk for kids.
Ringworm
Symptoms: Circular, crusty lesions on the skin. Treatment: Topical antifungal medications and environmental decontamination. Prevention: Quarantine of affected animals and good hygiene.
Blue Tongue
Symptoms: Swelling of head and neck, respiratory distress, ulceration in the mouth. Treatment: Supportive care. Prevention: Control of insect vectors and vaccination in endemic regions.
Swine Influenza
Symptoms: Coughing, fever, and nasal discharge. Treatment: Supportive care and possibly antiviral drugs. Prevention: Vaccination and biosecurity measures.
Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)
Symptoms: Coughing, nasal discharge, rapid breathing. Treatment: Antibiotics and supportive respiratory care. Prevention: Good ventilation, reduce stress, and vaccination.
Fowl Pox
Symptoms: Cutaneous lesions on unfeathered skin, diphtheritic membranes in the mouth and throat. Treatment: No specific treatment; secondary infections may be treated. Prevention: Vaccination and mosquito control.
Leptospirosis
Symptoms: Fever, hematuria, abortion, and jaundice. Treatment: Antibiotics such as penicillin or tetracycline. Prevention: Vaccination, rodent control, and avoiding contaminated water.
Scrapie
Symptoms: Behavioral changes, intense itching, wool pulling, and ataxia. Treatment: No treatment available; selective breeding for resistance. Prevention: Genetic testing and culling of susceptible individuals.
Johne's Disease
Symptoms: Chronic weight loss, diarrhea, reduced milk production. Treatment: There is no effective treatment. Prevention: Hygiene, culling infected animals, and preventing faecal-oral transmission.
Screwworm (flystrike in sheep)
Symptoms: Tissue damage and infection at wound sites. Treatment: Removal of larvae, wound treatment, and insecticides. Prevention: Proper wound care and control of fly population.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Symptoms: Changes in temperament, uncoordination, difficulty standing. Treatment: No treatment available. Prevention: Ban on feeding cattle with meat-and-bone meal containing animal by-products.
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