Actinobacillosis (Wooden tongue) Disease is a chronic and infectious disease of cattle and sheep featured by inflammation of soft tissues of the head, neck, oro-pharyngeal lymph nodes, oesophageal groove and nasal cavity.
The Diamond Skin Disease (Erysipelas) causes a sudden death with high fatality in pigs and a characteristic diamond shaped skin lesions, arthritis and endocarditis. It is an important zoonotic disease.
Sporotrichosis or rose handlers disease is a chronic, contagious and suppurative granulomatous disease caused by a fungus. It develops cutaneous nodules and ulcers over the skin and subcutaneous tissues along the lymphatic tracts.
Strangles or Equine Distemper or Infectious adenitis is caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi in horses. It is an extremely contagious disease of horses, most commonly affecting foals.
Clostridium botulinum produces potent neurotoxins during their vegetative transformation. The vegetative cells multiply rapidly and elaborate a stable and highly lethal toxins types such as B, C and D which when ingested or absorbed by tissues develops botulism.
Black Quarter affected animals develop skeletal muscle damage, severe gangrenous, necrotising, emphysematous myositis and a fatal systemic toxaemia.
Anthrax in animals is a peracute, acute and septicaemic disease of cattle and sheep leading to sudden death. The extensive enlargement of the spleen given this disease the name splenic fever.
Veterinary acupuncture is based on the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture for humans which was developed up to 4,000 years ago in China.
Field tests for toxicity are strychnine test, grunwald’s test (lead test), nitrate and nitrite test, cynide test, etc. done at field level for immediate diagnosis of toxicity.
Toxicity of Mycotoxins like Aflatoxins and Ergot toxins also very common in livestock animals. Source of toxicity, clinical signs and treatment will be explained in this post.
