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LIVESTOCK HEALTH III (LIVESTOCK DISEASES)- AGRICULTURE NOTES

Hillary Kangwana

LIVESTOCK HEALTH III (LIVESTOCK DISEASES)

This topic entails:

  1. Name two diseases that affect female animals only
  1. What is a vaccine?
  1. a) Define the term notifiable disease in cattle
  1. b) Name four notifiable diseases of livestock

 

  1. State three signs of anthrax disease observed in the carcass of cattle

 

  1. Differentiate between active immunity and acquired passive immunity

 

  1. List three causes of ruminal tympany (Bloat) in ruminant animals

 

  1. List two symptoms of bloat attack in cattle

 

  1. State one chemical used in relieving a ruminant animal of bloat

 

  1. Name two diseases of poultry that are controlled by vaccination

 

  1. Name the casual organism for foot rot disease

 

  1. Give four pre disposing factors of foot rot disease in sheep

 

  1. Give two symptoms of foot rot in sheep

 

  1. State two control measures of foot rot in sheep

 

  1. Discuss Foot Rot disease under the following sub headings
  2. a) Causal Organism

 

  1. b) Predisposing factors

 

  1. c) Symptoms of attack

 

  1. d) Control Measures

 

  1. State six symptoms shown by poultry when suffering from Newcastle disease

 

  1. Discuss Newcastle disease under the following sub headings
  2. a) Casual organisms

 

  1. b) Signs of attack:

 

  1. c) Control Measures:

 

  1. Give four predisposing factors of mastitis disease in cows.

 

  1. State four symptoms of mastitis in a dairy cow

 

  1. Discuss mastitis disease under the following sub-headings:
  2. a) Causal organism

 

  1. b) Predisposing factors.

 

  1. c) Symptoms.

 

  1. d) Control and treatment

 

  1. State two practices which are carried out to control mastitis in lactating cows

 

  1. a) Name the causative organism of contagious abortion

 

  1. b) Give four symptoms of contagious abortion in cattle

 

  1. c) State three methods of controlling contagious abortion in cattle

 

  1. Name the causal agent of black quarter disease in livestock

 

  1. Discuss black quarter under the following sub-headings:-
  2. a) Animal affected

 

  1. b) Casual organism

 

  1. c) Symptoms of disease

 

  1. d) Control measures

 

  1. State two symptoms of Coccidiosis infection in poultry.

 

  1. Name four ways of controlling Coccidiosis in the farm

 

  1. Discuss Coccidiosis disease under the following headings:-
  2. a) Causal organism

 

  1. b) Livestock species attacked

 

  1. c) Symptoms of attack

 

  1. d) Control measures

 

  1. State four predisposing factors of scour in calves

 

  1. a) Give four symptoms of milk fever

 

(b) State two methods of controlling milk fever

 

  1. a) What causes milk fever in dairy cows?

 

  1. b) Name two animals that may suffer from milk fever

 

  1. Discuss milk fever (parturient paresis) under the following sub-headings
  2. a) Cause

 

  1. b) Predisposing factors.

 

  1. c) Symptoms

 

 

  1. Discuss East Coast Fever (E.C.F) under the following sub-topics:
  2. a) Animal attacked

 

  1. b) Causal organisms

 

  1. c) Vector

 

  1. d) Incubation period

 

  1. e) Symptoms of attack

 

  1. f) Control and treatment

 

  1. List three control measures of East coast fever (E. C.F)

 

  1. Explain ten measures used to control livestock diseases

 

  1. Explain the general methods of Disease control in livestock

 

  1. Describe the control measures of disease in livestock, for each control measure give an example of a disease controlled

 

  1. a) Give the method used in introducing a vaccine to poultry against fowl typhoid

 

  1. b) State two other methods introducing vaccines to livestock

 

  1. State four major routes of administering vaccines in day old chicks

 

  1. Explain four major causes of lamb mortality from birth to weaning

 

  1. What organism causes Brucellosis in dairy cattle?

 

  1. Describe brucellosis under the following sub headings
  2. Causal organism

 

  1. ii) Transmission

 

iii) Symptoms

 

  1. iv) Control measures

 

  1. Name the causative organism of the Gumboro disease.

                                                                                   

  1. State one way by which each of the following practices help in disease control
  2. Proper feeding

 

  1. Proper housing

 

  1. a) Name two diseases in cattle that may be spread through breeding/mating

 

  1. b) State two practices that may be carried out to control breeding diseases among cattle.

 

  1. a) Name the cause of fowl typhoid.

 

  1. b) list common symptoms of fowl typhoid

 

  1. Describe the symptoms of diseases that can be observed from the faecal matter. Give an example in each case

 

  1. a) Name the causative organism of Pneumonia in calves

 

 

 

  1. Give two signs that would indicate a cow has died of anthrax

 

  1. Discuss anthrax disease in cattle under the following subheadings

 

  1. b) Symptoms

 

  1. c) Control measures and treatment

 

  1. Discuss bloat disease under the following sub-headings.
  2. a) Species of the animals affected by the disease

 

 

  1. c) Symptoms of the disease

 

  1. d) Control measures of the disease

 

  1. e) Treatment of the disease

 

 

  1. a) What is the causal organism of Anaplasmosis in cattle?

 

  1. b) State two symptoms of Anaplasmosis

 

  1. Outline ways in which diseases can spread from one animal to another

 

  1. Give two reasons for laying soft membranes shelled eggs by layers

 

  1. State five importance of keeping livestock healthy

 

  1. Give two ways by which proper nutrition helps to control livestock diseases

 

 

  1. Name four livestock nutritional diseases

 

  1. a) Define the term Zoonotic diseases

 

(b) Name two Zoonotic diseases.

 

  1. Discuss the disease trypanosomiasis under the following sub titles.
  2. a) Causal organism.
  1. b) Animal attacked

 

  1. c) Mode of transmission

 

  1. d) Symptoms

 

  1. e) Control.

 

  1. Name two cattle diseases caused by virus

 

  1. The illustration below shows a dairy cow suffering from a disease three days after calving down. The cow went down with its head turned back and was unable to stand.

 

 

 

 

  1. Discuss Foot and Mouth disease under the following headings:
  2. a) Casual organisms

 

 

  1. b) Mode of transmission and incubation period

 

  1. c) Symptoms of attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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