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Prevention is the best way to control diseases.

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Extremely contagious bacterial infection, causes lameness.
Treatment:
Footbath solution
Prevention:
Sanitation
Regular hoot trimming
This disease found in all livestock animals.

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Bacterial disease, causes sudden death of animals.
Prevention:
Vaccination

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Bacteria, spread from animal to animal.
Can survive several months in the soil and environmental.
Treatment:
None

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Virus, blisters on the mouth lips and nose.
Prevention:
Vaccination

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Bacteria that lives in the soil and enters the animals body through a wound.
All livestock animals can contract tetanus.
Animals who receive preventative maintenance procedures such as castration or docking should be vaccinated.

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Protozoa parasites
Symptoms:
Bloody diarrhea
Weight loss
Droopiness
Affects numerous livestock species
Treatment and prevention:
occidiostats

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Fungus or mold
Symptoms:
loss of appetitte
gasping
sleepiness
convulsions
death
Prevention:
using mold free litter
Treatment:
None

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Virus
Symptoms:
Yellow canker in the mouth and eyes.
Scabs around the head.
No known treatment.

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Types:
Virus
Symptoms:
Gasping for air
Sneezing
Breathing difficulties
Tremors and paralysis
No known treatment.

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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome

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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome

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Viral disease, late term fetal death, abortion, weak pigs.
There is no effective treatment.

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Symptoms:
Chronic disease, Coughing in young pigs, Reduces feed intake and cause reduced gains, Mortality is low.
Prevention:
Vaccination and sanitation

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Bacterial disease, bloody scours.
Symptoms:
None
Treatment:
Use of one of the several recommended drugs in the drinking water.

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Very contagious, virus
Symptoms:
Vomiting, Diarrhea with white, yellow or green feces, kills almost 100% pf baby pigs.
Treatment:
Drugs and vaccines are not effective in controlling and treating TGE in swine.

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Bacterial infection that causes inflammation in mammary glands.
Most common in dairy industry.
Prevention:
Sanitation and proper milking procedures.

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Bacterial disease that lives in soils and infects animals through wounds.
Symptoms:
Sudden death, Lameness,Swollen Muscles, High fever.
Affects young cattle.
Treatment:
Antibiotics and sulfa drugs.

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Disease complex with many symptoms.
Symptoms:
Closed eyes, Fever, Coughing, Diarrhea, Discharge from nose.
Its more common in young cattle during times of stress.
Treatment:
Antibiotics and sulfa drugs.

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Microorganism that causes abortion during last half of pregnancy, afterbirth retention or sterility.
Treatment:
Vaccinating breeding females.
Testing Animal.
Purchasing from brucellosis free procedures.

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Different Routes:
Subcutaneous
Intramuscular
Intravenous

Jugular vein is most common vein used but caution must be taken to not hit caroid artery,

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Different Routes:
Subcutaneous- under the skin.
Intranasal- into the nose.

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Passive- antibodies that are transferred from mother to baby.
Active: acquired naturally due to exposure to substance that stimulates antibody production.
Passive: antibodies that are transferred from mother to baby or injected into an animal from an animal that is already immune.

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Caused by a specific disease causing microorganism and / or pathogen.
Examples:
Virus, Bacteria, Protozoa

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Caused by environmental or nutrition factors rather than specific microorganism.
Examples:
Faulty nutrition, trauma, toxic substances, etc

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Removal of a portion of the tail, performed on sheep, pigs and sometimes dairy cattle. Improves overall sanitation.
Different Performances:
Knife, Elastrator, Burdizzo, Emasculator, Electric docker, Hot Iron Docker

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Removal of sharp side teeth on piglets, prevents injury to sow during nursing and littermates.
Instrument:
Disinfected clippers

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Perform to prevent cannibalism.
Different Performances:
Hot iron tool
Infrared tool

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Removing testicles of male animals, this prevents unplanned breeding.
Different Performances:
Surgical, Bloodless
Animal has to be young

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Prevent injury to cattle, people and facilities. Perform when the animal is young, and it reduces shock which makes it more easier for the animal.
Different Performance:
Electric hot iron dehorner, Barnes-type dehorner, dehorning paste, tube calf dehorner
Cattle Age: When its young

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Examples:
Ticks- bloodsuckers
Lice-bloodsucker and biting
Mites- cause mange
Blowfly- screwworm in larval stage
Heel Fly- cattle grub in larval stage
Horn Fly- smallest, bloodsucking species

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Examples:
Roundworms- stomach worms, pinworms, lungworms.
Tapeworms- Broad tapeworm, beef or pork tapeworm.
Flukes- liver fluke
Protozoa-coccidia

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Examples:
Sanitation, Biosecurity, Record Keeping, Feeding Practices, General Management Techniques, Vaccination and Immunization, External Parasite Identification and Control, Internal Parasite Identification and Control

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