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Parasitic bronchitis, also known as hoose, husk, or verminous bronchitis, [1] is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, [2] and swine caused by the presence of various species of parasite, commonly known as lungworms, [3] in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs. It is marked by cough, dyspnea, anorexia and constipation.
A more acute form of East Coast fever called corridor disease occurs when buffalo-derived T. parva is transmitted to cattle. [3] Another form, called January disease, only occurs over the winter months in Zimbabwe due to the tick lifecycle. [citation needed] Native cattle are often resistant to the parasite, but not without symptoms. They are ...
Blackleg (disease) Bovicola bovis; Bovine adenovirus; Bovine coronavirus; Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4; Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5; Bovine leukemia virus; Bovine malignant catarrhal fever; Bovine papillomavirus; Bovine papular stomatitis; Bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy; Bovine respiratory disease; Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
Burning the upper layer of soil to eradicate left-over spores is the best way to stop the spread of blackleg from diseased cattle. Diseased cattle should be isolated. Treatment is generally unrewarding due to the rapid progression of the disease, but penicillin is the drug of choice for treatment. Treatment is only effective in the early stages ...
Fog fever is a refeeding syndrome in cattle, clinically named acute bovine pulmonary emphysema and edema (ABPEE) and bovine atypical interstitial pneumonia. [1] [2] This veterinary disease in adult cattle follows an abrupt move from feedlot (dried feed indoors) to 'foggage pasture' (fast growing, lush pasture, with high protein levels).
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most common and economically devastating infectious disease affecting beef cattle in the world. [1] It is a complex, bacterial or viral infection that causes pneumonia in calves which can be fatal. It also affects many other species of feedlot animals like sheep and pigs, but is most prominent in calves. [2]
Tropical theileriosis or Mediterranean theileriosis is a theileriosis of cattle from the Mediterranean and Middle East area, from Morocco to Western parts of India and China. It is a tick-borne disease, caused by Theileria annulata. The vectors are ticks of the genera Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus. The most prominent symptoms are fever and lymph ...
Theileria is a genus of parasites that belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa, and is closely related to Plasmodium.Two Theileria species, T. annulata and T. parva, are important cattle parasites. [1]