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Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of all cloven-hoofed animals (cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, camels, alpacas, goats etc). It is one of the most severe epidemic animal diseases. Although not generally fatal in adult animals, it causes serious losses in production. What are the signs of FMD? . . . → Read More: Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle Etiology BRSV is frequently isolated in pneumonia of calves and yearlings. Because of its frequent occurrence and tendency to cause infections in the lower respiratory tract, BRSV represents a very important virus in the bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD). Infection is followed by specific clinical signs. Most susceptible to BRSV infection are housed calves . . . → Read More: Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) in Cattle Also known as Extrinsic allergic alveolitis and Farmer’s lung disease. A condition that appears to be similar to farmer’s lung disease in humans occurs in both acute and chronic forms in adult cattle. The human and bovine forms of the disease may coexist on problem farms due to common exposure to dust from . . . → Read More: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Cattle Facial Eczema Facial eczema (FE) is a type of sunburn (sometimes called photosensitisation) affecting exposed areas of pale skin of cattle. It is caused by a poisonous substance called “sporidesmin” that causes liver damage. Sporidesmin is produced on pasture plants, including rye grass, by a fungus called Pithomyces chartartum. This fungus . . . → Read More: Facial Eczema in Cattle Liver Abscesses Liver abscesses are seen in all ages and breeds of cattle wherever cattle are raised. They are most common in feedlot and dairy cattle fed rations that predispose to rumenitis. Cattle with liver abscesses have reduced production efficiency. Affected livers are condemned at slaughter, and adhesions to surrounding . . . → Read More: Liver Abscesses in Cattle These two diseases of cattle are often put together as they are chronic infections of the mouth of cattle, however they are caused by completely different bacteria. The bacterium causing wooden tongue affects the soft tissue of the mouth and neck (and occasionally elsewhere) especially the tongue, while the bacterium causing lumpy jaw affects . . . → Read More: Wooden Tongue and Lumpy Jaw in Cattle |
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