Question

Explain three vital diseases of cattle.

Answer 1

Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA):- also known as swamp fever is a horse disease caused by a retrovirus and transmitted by bloodsucking insects.

JAPANESE B-ENCEPHALITIS:- is a fatal disease of pigs, horses, sheep, birds and man. The infection is caused by a flavivirus, a single-stranded RNA virus. It is transmitted by the bite of the Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquito.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD):- or hoof-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease of domestic animals such as cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats and pigs, as well as antelope, bison and deer. It is caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus.

Fowl pox:- is a worldwide disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.