◎ Symptoms: Blisters in mouth and hooves, lameness,drooling.
◎ Control: Mandatory vaccination, culling of infected animals.
◎ Symptoms: Skin lesions, fever, respiratory signs
◎ Control: Vaccination
◎ Pathogen: PPR virus.
◎ Symptoms: High fever, diarrhea, oral ulcers.
◎ Control: Emergency vaccination.
◎ Pathogen: Fasciola hepatica.
◎ Symptoms: Weight loss, anemia, bottle jaw.
◎ Treatment: Triclabendazole.
◎ Pathogen: Moniezia spp.
◎ Symptoms: Emaciation, visible proglottids in feces.
◎ Treatment: Praziquantel.
◎ Pathogen: Sarcoptes/Psoroptes mites.
◎ Symptoms: Intense itching, hair loss, skin thickening.
◎ Treatment: Ivermectin.
◎ Pathogen: Overeating
◎ Symptoms:Distended left abdomen, ceased rumination.
◎ Treatment: Laxatives, rumen massage.
◎ Includes: Babesiosis (hemoglobinuria), Theileriosis (lymph node swelling).
◎ Control: Tick control (e.g., pyrethroid dips) + imidocarb treatment.
◎ Common parasites: Haemonchus contortus (anemia), Ostertagia ostertagi (diarrhea).
◎ Treatment: Ivermectin, albendazole.
◎ Symptoms: Subcutaneous nodules on the back (larval infestation), reduced leather quality.
◎ Treatment: Organophosphate sprays.
◎ Cause: Negative energy balance (common in high-yielding dairy cows).
◎ Symptoms: Weight loss, acetone odor in breath/urine, neurological signs (circling, licking walls).
◎ Treatment: IV glucose + oral propylene glycol.
◎ Cause: Sudden drop in blood calcium around calving.
◎ Symptoms: Paralysis, loss of consciousness, low body temperature.
◎ Treatment: IV calcium (e.g., calcium borogluconate).
◎ Cause: Excessive grain intake.
◎ Symptoms: Bloat, diarrhea (foul-smelling), laminitis.
◎ Common pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus spp., E. coli.
◎ Symptoms: Udder swelling, abnormal milk (clots or pus/blood).
◎ Control: Proper milking procedures + teat dipping.
◎ Causes: Nutrition,wet environments, or bacterial infections.
◎ Symptoms: Lameness, cracked hooves, pus formation.
◎ Causes: Ingestion of sharp objects (e.g., wires) puncturing the reticulum and pericardium.
◎ Symptoms: Chronic indigestion, pericardial friction sounds.
◎ Symptoms: Late-term abortion, arthri
◎ Control: Vaccination