| S/n | Name of
Disease | Causative
organisms | Animals
Affected | Symptoms | Mode of spread | Control measures |
| 1. | Mastitis | Bacteria | Cattle,
sheep,
goat,
pig | The udder
becomes swollen,
reddened and
painful | Water, food,
injuries on the
udder, milking,
marching | Good hygiene, get
rid of flies, disinfect
milking marching |
| 2. | Contagious
abortion | | Cattle,
sheep,
goats,
pigs | Irritation,
catarrhal
condition in the
womb | Servicing by
infected
bull, flies,
contaminated
pasture | Vaccination, contact
vet. Doctor. |
| 3. | Anthrax | | Cattle,
sheep,
goats | – Blood stained
discharges from
mouth or nostril
– death
– swelling in the
neck | Contact with
infected
animals & their
products | Vaccination,
disinfect pens, burn
or burry dead
animals. |
| 4. | Tuberculosis | | Cattle,
sheep,
goats,
poultry,
pigs | Persistent cough,
emaciation, death | Contact with
discharge or
sputum of
infected
animals | No treatment. Kill
and burry infected
animals.
Vaccination |
| 5. | Fowl typhoid | | Poultry | -Dullness,
-yellowish
discharges | Contact with
infected birds | Vaccination, proper
sanitation |
| 6. | Foot & mouth | Virus | Cattle,
sheep,
goats | Sores on the feet,
lips, foaming,
lameness | Contact with
infected
animals | Vaccination &
isolation |
| 7. | Rinderpest
(cattle
plague) | | Cattle,
sheep,
goats | Blood stained
diarrhea, grind of
teeth, difficult
breathing | Contact with
infected
animals and
food | No treatment, kill
and burry infected
animals. Vaccination |
| 8. | New castle
disease | | Poultry | Neck twisting,
difficulty in
breathing,
greenish
droppings, soft
egg shell | Contact with
droppings,
and nasal
discharge | Good sanitation,
vaccination with
NDC vaccine |
| 9. | Fowl Pox | | Poultry | Blisters on comb
and wattle | Contact with
infected animal,
by biting insects | Vaccination,
Cull infected
birds. |
| 10. | Swine Fever | | Pigs | Fever | Entire body | Vaccination |
| 11. | Chronic
Respiratory
Disease (CRD) | Virus/
Bacteria | Poultry | Difficulty in
breathing, nasal
discharge, loss in
weight | Contact with
infected
nasal discharge | Good sanitation,
avoid the use
of sawdust. |
| 12. | Ring worm | Fungus | All
animals
& birds | Lesions or scab
on the skin,
falling off of hair,
grey patches on
wattle and combs
of birds | Contact with
infected birds | Treat with iodine,
good sanitation,
isolate infected
birds |
| 13. | Scabies | | Cattle,
goats,
sheep | Itchy little lumps
in the body, sores
with pus, fever | Contact with
infected
animals and
beddings | Good sanitation,
dip animals into
lindane solution |
| 14. | Trypanosomiasis | Protozoa | Cattle,
sheep,
goats,
and
pigs | Weakness, hair
on tail pull off,
loss of condition
Blood stained
watery
droppings,
ruffled feathers,
loss of weight,
death. | Through tsetse
flies’ bite | Treat with
trypanosomide
drug, clear bushes
around pen, kill flies
with chemical |
| 15. | Coccidiosis | Protozoa | Poultry,
rabbits | | Contact with
contaminated
feed and water | Good sanitation,
treat with
coccidiostats e.g.
Sulphamethazone |
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