Nutritional Diseases
This disease is also known as "traumatic gastritis" or "traumatic reticulitis." Treatments for this disease includes surgery. Prevention for this disease includes the administering a magnet into the reticulum.
Hardware Disease
This disease damages the cornea and conjunctiva.
Pink Eye
This disease is an acute, fatal viral disease. It is also zoonotic. It is transmitted through infected saliva that is often passed through a bite.
Rabies
This disease affects all animals. There are 5 different types of this disease, with the psoroptic type being most common in livestock. It can be treated by using a lime-sulfur dip weekly on cattle.
Mange
This disease is known as "syndactyly" and commonly affects pigs and cattle. Symptoms may include lameness, high-step gait, and slow walk. There is currently no treatment available, but known carriers should be removed from the breeding program as a means of prevention.
Mulefoot
Colic
This disease is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses. It causes enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, and thus, impairs breathing. Some symptoms of this disease include fever, swelling around the throat, abscesses, and nasal discharge.
Strangles
This disease is highly contagious and zoonotic. Symptoms include blisters, erosions on the mouth, teats, and hooves, excessive salivation, fever, and lameness. In humans, this disease is known as "coxsackie."
Foot and Mouth Disease
This disease can be treated by applying anti-fungal ointments to lesions. It is important to utilize proper sanitation practices and minimize contact with infected animals. This disease is also known as "Club Lamb Fungus."
Ringworm
This disease is another name for "hairlessness." It causes animals to be more prone to environmental stress and skin infections. There is no current treatment, but known carriers should be removed from breeding stock.
Hypotrichosis
This disease is also known as "carbohydrate engorgement." It is caused by a sudden shift from a forage-based diet to a high concentrate diet. It results in low rumen pH.
Lactic Acidosis
This disease is an incurable wasting disease. It can cause progressive thickening of the intestinal walls. Some symptoms include chronic diarrhea, weight loss, and lowered milk production. It can be prevented by running health checks on animal history prior to purchase.
Johne's Disease
This disease is an emerging problem in the United States. Its symptoms include poor growth, increased morality, weight loss, enlarged lymph nodes, and jaundice. There are currently two strains (i.e., PCVD1 and PCVD2).
Porcine Circovirus
This disease attacks the lining of the abomasum in beef and dairy cattle, thus interfering with digestive function. Symptoms include decreased weight gain and milk production. It can be treated by administering anthelmintics and providing higher levels of protein in the diet.
Ostertagiosis
This disease can be identified through symptoms such as infertility, failure to produce sperm, and spermatic cord torsion.
Cryptorchidism
This disease affects young, rapidly growing lambs and kids, as well as calves and foals. It is the result of a selenium and/or vitamin E deficiency. It affects two different muscle groups (i.e., Cardiac and Skeletal)
White Muscle Disease
This disease is a venereal disease spread by infected bulls when they mate with cows and heifers. It is a major cause of infertility in cattle. Some symptoms include abortion, poor conception rate, long calving interval, and uterine infection.
Vibriosis
This disease is also known as "black leg." It is caused by spores and attacks the skeletal muscles. Treatment includes administering massive doses of antibiotics--however, they are not always effective.
Clostridial Disease
Haemonchus contortus
This disease can cause Quarter Horses to have muscle spasms, tremors, and paralysis of the muscles in the throat.
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Ketosis
This disease is caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. It occurs naturally in the soil and can cause disease in animals and humans.
Anthrax
This disease is found in cattle and buffalo and is caused by a capripox virus. It has never been recorded in Australia but is spreading rapidly internationally.
This parasitic disease is composed of leaf-shaped worms found in sheep, cattle, goats, and sometimes deer, elk, and other mammals that graze in wet or marshy pastures.
Liver Flukes
A genetic disorder can causes an animal to have multiple heads.
Polycephaly