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SS3 Lesson Note on the Selected Diseases of Farm Animals

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SELECTED DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS

DISEASES	AFFECTED ANIAMLS	CAUSAL ORGANISMS	MODE OF TRANSMISSION	SYMPTOMS	PREVENTION/CONTROL
Anthrax	All farm animals	Bacteria	Contaminated feed, water, equipment and infected animals	High temperature, Blood ooze from natural openings, swollen body and sudden death	Annual vaccination, Bury the dead stock
Brucellosis	Cattle, sheep, goat and pig	Bacteria	Contaminated feed and water, discharges and aborted feotus	Premature birth, still birth, Retention of placenta	Vaccination, good sanitation and management
Mastitis	Cattle, sheep, goat and pig	Bacteria	Dirty floor & milkers’ hand and injured udder	High temperature, uneasiness in cow when milked, pain	Observe good sanitation avoid overcrowding,
TB (Wasting disease)	Cattle, pigs and poultry	Bacteria	Infected feed, water, litter, dropping, animals and inhalation of germs	Persistent coughing, emaciation, milk reduction, high mortality, acute dry cough, pale comb and wattle	Good sanitation, isolation, vaccination, Burn the affected animals
Foot & mouth disease	Cattle, sheep, goat and pigs	Virus	Infected urine, milk, droppings, animals	Lameness, inflammation of teat and udder, blisters on teat	Vaccination, isolation, burn infected materials
Rinder pest	Cattle, sheep and goat	Virus	Contact with and contaminated faeces, urine, feed and water	Blood stained faeces, difficult breathing, weakness, emaciation, high mortality	Isolation, vaccination and avoid migration of stock
Newcastle	Poultry, rabbit	Virus	Contaminated water, feed, litter and breed	Diarrhea, muscular tremor, nasal discharge, difficult breathing, sneezing, twisting of neck, paralysis	Sanitation, vaccination, disinfection of pen, kill, burn, burry the infected birds
Chronic Respiratory disease	Poultry, rabbit	Virus	Contaminated feed, water, overcrowding, poor sanitation and management	Difficult breathing, nasal discharge, choking nose and death	Isolation, vaccination, good sanitation and bury dead birds
Aspergilosis	Cattle, pigs and poultry	Fungi	Contaminated feed, equipment, litter, and inhalation of spores	Respiratory disorder, emaciation, high temperature, difficult breathing	Good sanitation, disinfection of pen, good feeding
Ring worm	Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and rabbit	Fungi	Contact with infected stock and troughs(drinker and feeder)	Loss of appetite, emaciation, lesion on the skin and skin irritation	Disinfection of pens, sanitation and dressing the affected part with sulphur solution
Coccidiosis/Red Diarrhea	poultry	Protozoa	Contaminated feed, water, droppings, litters, overcrowding etc	Blood-stained diarrhea, emaciation, loss of hair and appetite, dullness	Disinfection of pen, sanitation, use of antibiotics
Trypanosomiasis	Cattle, sheep, goat and pig	Protozoa	Blood-sucking tsetse fly (Glossina ssp)	Loss of appetite, weight, dry coat, nervous disorder, dullness, drowsiness, anemia	Give trypanosomide, Isolation, spraying, avoid tsetse fly infected area