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Dogs are susceptible to rabies infection. Photo by Norro on Wikimedia commons. What is the risk for my pet? Any animal bitten or scratched by either a wild, carnivorous mammal or a bat that is not available for testing should be regarded as having been exposed to rabies. Unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets . . . → Read More: Rabies Prevelance, Diagnosis, and Transmission Raccoons are often carriers of rabies. Photo by Darkone on Wikimedia commons. Rabies Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals . . . → Read More: Rabies: Overview and treatment Cartoon of a dog with rabies from 1826 Animal health and hygiene
Animal health is a vital part of good livestock management, particularly in confinement systems where diseases can quickly affect all animals. Maintenance of a clean, dry environment is obviously important, but a number of other factors are also crucial . . . → Read More: Animal health and hygeine Tetanus (Lockjaw) limb stiffness, stilted gait as disease advances, animal will stiffen completely and not be able to open jaw convulsions, often triggered by sudden noises 3rd eyelid membrane may be visible breathing difficult death occurs in 3-4 days Cause/Transmission bacteria in soil (Clostridium tetani) enters body through wound and produces a toxin which . . . → Read More: Common Disorders affecting sheep Part 6 Neurological Diseases FORT COLLINS A state Division of Wildlife biologist believes a nutritional study he conducted with deer, sheep and goats in the late 1960s might have been the genesis of chronic wasting disease. Gene Schoonveld suspects some of the sheep in his study had scrapie, a relative of chronic wasting disease. Some of the . . . → Read More: Possible Origins of CWD |
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