Category: Ovine
๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ is a viral infection, caused by ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ. The virus gets its name because it can cause ๐๐ฒ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (blue tinge to the tissue) of the tongue! Weird.
๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ is a bacterial disease that is considered highly ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ (easily causes disease). In fact, it is so infectious that it has been listed as a potential biological warfare agent! Just one bacterium is enough to cause serious disease in humans.
๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐ (FMD) is a viral disease of significant economic importance in food production species. Outbreaks of this disease can have disastrous consequences for agriculture, such as the 2001 outbreak in the United Kingdom that was estimated to cost ยฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง and resulted in the destruction of more than ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง sheep and cattle.
๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ are more scientifically known as ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ. They are referred to as โbarber poleโ because the female worms are predominantly red, with some of the internal organs showing as bright white striping on the surface. Cool!
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ค๐ญ๐ is a virus that causes ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐, or tumours of the lining cells of the lungs. This disease is most commonly seen in Africa, Asia and Europe. Jaagsiekte is the Afrikaans name for this disease, meaning โsheep sicknessโ.
๐๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ is an extremely common disease, caused by a bacterial infection. In this disease, the lymph nodes become infected (lymphadenitis) and turn cheesy (caseous). Yumย
๐๐ซ๐ is viral disease that can be found throughout the world! It also goes by the names ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ or ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ was the first ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ง disease reported, and was first described in the UK in 1732. Since then, it has been described worldwide!
๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐๐ฌ are a ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ (fluke) found in ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฌ (deer, moose, elk) in North America. These parasites are typically found in the liver of affected animals, hence the name.
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฑ is a bacterial disease that causes severe ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ (inflammation of the lymphatic vessels) and ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ (blood infection), and has a high mortality rate.