MODULE 8 Flashcards
Is a disease of sheep caused by virus.
It’s spread firm sheep to sheep by a small gnat, a tiny biting midge.
Blue tongue
Sheep with this disease lose appetite, become sluggish and have a high fever.
Ear, head , muzzle and lips become swollen
Tissues inside the mouth become red and blue
Vaccine replacement 3 1/2 months
A disease caused by a bacterium.
Result of the convulsion that occur before death.
Enterotoxemia
Ewes should be vaccinated 4 weeks and 2 weeks before lambing.
When practicing early weaning at 40days, vaccinate lambs about 10days before weaning and 10 days after weaning
Feeding a continous low level of – that’ll will help protect lambs form enterotoxemia.
Chlortetracycline
Disease that affect the soft of tissue of the foot
Foot abscess (bumblefoot)
Affect sheep during periods of extremely wet weather.
Foot scald
Threat the sheep with
Footpath solution
Zinc sulfate solution for 7 to 10 days.
Disease caused by the presence of two different bacteria.
Footrot
Around feed mangers may also help in preventing foot rot
Scattering lime
Affects sheep and is caused by bacteria.
Vaccinate ewes 6 and 3 weeks before lambing.
Lamb dysentery
Affect Noth goat and sheep, caused by bacteria or injury to the udder becomes swollen, hard and sore.
Mastitis
Treat antibioticsa
Caused by bacterial infection of the navel.
Antibiotics used for treats
Navel III
Inflammation of the lungs that affects both sheep and goat.
Exposure to cold, damp, draft condition
Pneumonia
Disease that affects the CNS of sheep and goat.
Scrapie
One of a class of brain diseases called
Transmissible spongiform Encephalophaty
Affects sheep and goats caused by a virus.
Symptoms blister on the mouth, lips and nose.
Sore mouth
Cause by bacteria. Livr in soil and enter the animals body through wounds.
Tetanus
The major symtom is abortion
Vibriosis
Difficult in passing feces, may affect sheep and goat
Constipation
Pasting of the tail to the Anusara by the feces, affects mainly very young lambs.
Pinning
Occurs when rumen becomes filled with dry or indigestible feed.
Impaction
Caused by a lack of calcium in the blood.
Milk fever
It caused by a lack of Vitamins A in diet.
Night blindness
Green pastures and green, leafy hay good source of Vitamins A.
Fish live oil
Carrington twins or triplets.
- Pregnancy toxemia
Cause losses in the production of wool, mohair, meat and milk.
External parasites
Tint insects that live on animals. Some blood sucking other bitting or chewing lice.
Lice
Sometimes called sheep tick
Sheep ked
The larva of the sheep bot fly are found in the nasal cavities of the sheep and goats
Sheep bot fly
Mange and scab mites
Referred to as mange, scabies or scab
Screw-worms enter the animal’s body through an open wound and feed on the living flesh in the wound.
Blowflies
The most serious of the spinose ear tick.
The larvae of this tick lives in ear of rhe a
Ticks
Worms found in the stomach and intestines of sheep and goats:
- Common stomach worms
- Medium stomach worms
- Bankrupt worms
- Thread-necked worms
- Nodular worms
- Hookworm
- Tapeworm
The bloodsucker
Common Stomach worms and medium stomach worm
Most serious of all the internal parasites of sheep and goats
Common stomach worms
Two species of lungworm infest sheep and goat; the
Thread worm
Hair lungworm
Live in the liver of the infested sheep or goat. Cause bleeding in the liver
Liver fluke
Coccidia
Cause by small protozoa called coccidia
Presence of large numbers of gastrointestinal nematodes
Parasitic gastroenteritis
Caused by the lungworm dictyocaulus
Parasitic bronchitis
Cause by treatise parasite faciola hepatica
Fascioliasis
Tow pathogenic species.
E.zuernii or E. Bovis
Coccidiosis
The main species of importance is C. Parvum, which
Zoonic
Can result in severe dermatitis, knows mange
Mites and ticks
The mere presence of a parasite, or group of parasites, does not necessarily indicate the presence of disease.
Parasite pathogenicity
Parasite epidemiology
A complete understanding of the epidemiology of individual parasites is essential for heir control.
Parasite control strategies
Form integral part of the farm health planning processes and should be based on the knowledge of parasite presence and status
