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  • Snotsiekte, Malignant Catarrhal Fever

    Cattle

    Cause: Herpesvirus I causes an invariably fatal disease in cattle transmitted by sheep and wildebeest (predominantly the blue wildebeest). Epidemiology: Most free-living…

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  • ANAPLASMOSIS

    Cattle

    Cause: Anaplasmosis is caused by a rickettsia called Anaplasma marginale or A. centrale of which A. marginale is the most virulent. Distribution…

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  • Redwater/Rooiwater

    Cattle
    Babesia bigemina (African) Distribution: Wide distribution in SA including large areas as in the Free State Transmitted by Boophilus decoloralus (Blue tick)...

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  • CONICAL FLUKE, PARAMPHISTOMUM PEERVORMIGE SLAK

    Cattle

    Critical time: Autumn/winter General: This parasite is found in cattle, sheep and goats and is seen in the rumen (“groot maag”) and…

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  • LIVER FLUKE, FASCIOLA “LEWERSLAK”

    Cattle

    Critical time: There is none, esp. where there is a permanent source of water. General: The life cycle moves from the ruminant…

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  • ANTRAX MILTSIEKTE

    Cattle

    Cause: Anthrax is a fatal condition in cattle, other mammals and a zoonosis (disease spread to man) caused by a spore forming…

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  • BLACK QUARTER “SPONSSIEKTE”, BLACK LEG MALIGNANT OEDEMA

    Cattle

    Black leg is a gangrenous myositis, a muscle infection caused by Clostridium chauveoi; the most common problem. Malignant oedema or pseudo-black leg…

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  • IMPACTED OMASUM “STOPGALSIEKTE” OR “DROë GALSIEKTE”

    Cattle

    Cause:            This is not tick born gall sickness but rather a nutritional disease.  Roughage is an essential part of a ruminant’s diet,…

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  • TRICHOMONIASIS

    Cattle

    Cause:                        Trich is caused by a protozoa called Trichomonas foetus.  Distribution and spread:                Trich is most commonly found in beef herds, country…

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  • VIBRIOSIS

    Cattle

    Cause:            Vibriosis is caused by the bacterium (Campylobacter fetus fetus) and more significantly Campylobacter fetus veneralis. (Campylobacter fetus fetus can occur in…

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