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Diseases and Parasites of Beef Cattle

Unit 17Animal Science 1

Diseases I External Parasites

Nutritional Disorders

Internal Parasites

Diseases II

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• This bovine disease should be vaccinated against each year in areas were it is a problem.

• What is anthrax?

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• This disease may cause abortion if the cow contracts the disease during early pregnancy.

• What is Bovine virus diarrhea?

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• Often causes cows to abort the fetus.

• What is brucellosis?

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• Is easily prevented by vaccination?

• What is blackleg?

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• Often causes diarrhea in calves

• What is calf enteritis?

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• Chemical control.

• What is the most economical control method for external parasites?

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• This fly lays it eggs around the face and horns of cattle.

• What is the horn fly?

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• This fly lays it eggs in manure, wet feed or decaying organic matter.

• What is the stable fly?

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• This fly can take large quantites of blood from an animal in a short period of time.

• What is the horsefly

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• Are best controlled by systemic insecticides.

• What are cattle grubs?

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• Mainly caused by the animal eating too much green legume too quickly.

• What is bloat?

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• Usually affects cattle on high concentrate rations.

• What is enterotoxemia (overeating disease)?

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• This disease is caused by a magnesium deficiency in the diet.

• What is grass tetany?

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• This is caused by a selenium deficiency in the diet.

• What is White Muscle disease?

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• This disease is prevented by making sure that metal objects do not accidently become mixed in the feed.

• What is Hardware Disease?

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• These are the most serious of the roundworms which affect cattle.

• What are stomach worms?

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• Include tapeworms and deer liver fluke.

• What are flat worms?

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• Protozoan organisms that live in the cells of the intestinal lining.

• What are coccidia?

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• Symptoms include anemia, weakness, constipation and diarrhea.

• What are the symptoms of stomach worms?

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• A disease caused by protozoan parasites called anaplasma which destroy red blood cells.

• What is Anaplasmosis?

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• Occurs in 5 forms

• What is Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis?

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• May cause blindness.

• What is pink eye?

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• Affects the respritory tract of the animal.

• What is shipping fever?

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• Produces symptoms of infertility, abortion and irregular heat periods.

• What is the venereal form of campylobacteriosis?

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• Is a chronic degenerative disease that affects the central nervous system of cattle.

• What is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)?

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