Week 6 – Jss 2 Second Term Agricultural Science Lesson Notes

WEEK 6
Common Disease of Farm Animals
The common disease of farm animals include the following

Cattle
1. Foot and mouth disease
2. Rinder pest
3. Anthrax
4. Brucellosis or contagious bovine abortion
5. Mastitis
6. Tuberculosis
7. Trypanosomiasis
8. Heart water disease
9. Babesiosis or Tick-borne fever
10. Kirchi (Cowpox or streptothricosis)
Sheep and goats
1. Blue tongue
2. Kata (stomatitis or pseudorinderpest)
3. Contagious ethyma or dermatitis
4. Foot rot
Pigs (swine)
1. Swine fever
2. Swine erysipelas (Diamond skin disease)
3. Contagious abortion of swine
4. Transmissible gastoententis (TGE)
5. Roundworm infection (Nemathelminthes)
Rabbits
1. Sore hock
2. Mange
3. Bloat
4. Coccidiosis
Poultry
1. New castle disease
2. Fowl pox
3. Fowl typhoid
4. Coccidiosis
5. Chronic respiratory disease (CRD)

Table showing common disease of farm animal

Name of disease	Causal organism (agent)	Animal affected	Symptoms	Mode of transmission	Body area affected	Effects	Treatments	Prevention on and control measures
Foot and mouth	Virus	Cattle	High fever Loss of appetite Blisters or sores on the muzzle (lips), tongue, cheek, udder and feet Weakness and lameness Excessive salivation and foaming	By contact with infected animals, contaminated feed.	Legs	Serious loss of animals (death)	No effective treatment	Vaccination to prevent the disease Isolation of diseased animals Slaughter and bury infected animals
Rinderpest or cattle plague	Virus	Cattle can also affect sheep, goat and pigs	High fever (rise in temperature Loss of appetite Blood stained diarrhea Difficulty in breathing Grinding	Eating contaminated food. Contact with infected animals	Entire body	High rate of animals	No treatment	Vaccination to prevent the disease Isolation of infected animals Quarantine Kill and bury diseased animals

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