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Ovine rinderpest, also commonly known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR), is a contagious disease primarily affecting goats and sheep; however, camels and wild small ruminants can also be affected. [2] PPR is currently present in North, Central, West and East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia [3] and Southern Europe. [4]
foot-and-mouth disease; mastitis; Nairobi sheep disease orthonairovirus (NSDV) infection; orf, also known as contagious ecthyma, contagious pustular dermatitis, infectious labial dermatitis, thistle disease, sore mouth, or scabby mouth; ovine encephalomyelitis (louping ill) ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP) ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma
A foreign animal disease (FAD) is an animal disease or pest, whether terrestrial or aquatic, not known to exist in the United States or its territories. [1] When these diseases can significantly affect human health or animal production and when there is significant economic cost for disease control and eradication efforts, they are considered a threat to the United States. [2]
Journal of Veterinary Medicine may refer to several publications: . Journal of Veterinary Medicine (Hindawi journal) a journal published by Hindawi; Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series A, originally known as Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin Reihe A, now known as Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, published by Wiley
All CaPV are notifiable diseases to the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). [1] Sheep, goat, and cattle serve as natural hosts. [2] These viruses cause negative economic consequences by damaging hides and wool and forcing the establishment of trade restrictions in response to an outbreak.
The disease was initially known as jaagsiekte [jɑːχˈsiktə], a word derived from Afrikaans, meaning "chasing sickness", so called because animals are in respiratory distress as if they are out of breath from being chased. [6] It has also been known as sheep pulmonary adenomatosis and ovine pulmonary carcinoma. [7]
In an 1877 testimony to the Cape of Good Hope Commission on Diseases of Sheep and Goats livestock producer J. Webb testified that the appearance of ticks on his farm 8 or 9 years earlier corresponded with an onset of fatal disease in his livestock. Webb reported opening the chest of the victims and discovering the "heart bag" to be full of "water."
Different forms of coenurus in sheep and rabbits and an adult worm. Coenurosis, also known as caenurosis, coenuriasis, gid or sturdy, is a parasitic infection that develops in the intermediate hosts of some tapeworm species (Taenia multiceps, [1] T. serialis, [2] T. brauni, or T. glomerata). It is caused by the coenurus, the larval stage of ...