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Lesson Note On The Farm Animal Diseases

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CONTENT:

Mode of transmission of farm animals

Sub-Topic 1: Mode of Transmission of disease causing Organisms

The following are the mode of transmission of farm animals diseases from one animal to the other.

  1. Airborne
  2. Animal carriers e.g visitors, attendants etc.
  3. Direct contact with infected animals
  4. Insect vectors – tsetse flies, etc.
  5. Contact with Droppings of infected animals
  6. Contaminated feeds and water
  7. Contact with infected animals
  8. Vectors e.g tick, tse-tseflies.
  9. Contaminated Feeding or water troughs.
  10. Through nasal and oral discharges of the sick animals

Types of Diseases based on mode of transmission

Diseases of livestock could be:

Infectious disease: Infectious disease affects animals without physical contact with the infected animals. It can be transmitted to healthy animals through water, air, or feeds. eg Anthrax, Coccidiosis, and Fowl typhoid.

Contagious disease: Contagious disease affect animals when there is physical contact with the infected animals.eg Contagious abortion (brucellosis), Foot and mouth, and Mastitis.

Diseases that are transmitted from animals to human are termed Zoonotic disease. eg Bird flu and Swine fever. It could cause death if not treated properly.

EVALUATION

List four modes of transmission of disease causing organisms

 

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