Bovine
Viral Diarrhea
Synonyms of Bovine Viral Diarrhea are Bovine Peste Virus disease Complex or Mucosal
disease virus.
Etiology:
It is cause by virus Peste virus belonging to family Plaviviridae. Virus
divided in to 3-catagories
1.
BVD Virus/buffalo
2.
Border disease virus/Sheep...
Brucellosis in Cattle
Brucellosis
Synonyms:
Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Maltese fever, Mediterranean fever, rock fever, or undulant fever.
ETIOLOGY:
Caused by Brucella spp.; small, Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. There are five Brucella spp. each causing...
Black Disease in Sheep
Black Disease
It is also called Infectious Necrotic
Hepatitis. It is an acute toxiema&infection disease of sheep. Sometime in
Cattle but rare in horse and pig.
Epidemiology:
World wide in distribution where sheep and liver
flukes are found.it effect the 1-4 year old sheep with well-nourished or having
well planned nutrition. In summer...
Black Quarter in Cattle
Black Quarter
Syn: Black leg, Choary Mar, Quarter ill.
Clostridial myonecrosis, acute, fetal, emphysematous
myonecrosis. It is an acute bacterial disease caused by”Clostridium chauvoe”.
Epidemiology
This disease is more common in cattle and sheep. It is mild
in nature in buffaloes and goats. The common age is 6 month – 2 years. In...
Blue Tongue in Animals
Blue Tongue
It is an infectious, non-contagious, arthropod-born viral disease, which affect cattle and sheep but primarily to the sheep. It is worldwide in distribution and reported mostly in sub-clinical forms.
Etioligical Agent:
Orbivirus belongs to the family “Reoviridae” – 24 serotypes exist, distributed on different geographical...
Zoonotic Infections
Zoonotic Infections:Bacterial,Viral,Parasitic,Fungal and Rickettsial
Introduction:
Zoonotic infections can be defined as
infections of animals that are naturally transmissible to humans. As such they
are worldwide and often spread with humans through their companion and domestic
animals. However, when humans move to new area or come into...
