Conditions and Diseases (Subscribe)
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Disease Factsheet: Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/brucellamelitensis/index.htm
Information on this form of brucellosis which mostly affects sheep and goats, its clinical signs, geographical spread, tests and the GB and EU legislation covering it.
Disease Factsheet: Contagious Agalactia
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/agalactia/index.htm
Information on this notifiable disease which affects sheep and goats, its clinical signs and post-mortem appearances.
Disease Factsheet: Goat Pox
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/goatpox/index.htm
Information on this contagious viral disease, its history and spread, clinical signs and UK and EU legislation.
Information about Johne's Disease
http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/johnes/index.html
Johne's - pronounced "Yo-nees" - disease is a contagious bacterial disease of the intestinal tract. The disease is also called paratuberculosis. Johne's disease occurs in a wide variety of animals, but most often in ruminants.
Peste des Petits Ruminants
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/peste-des-petits/index.htm
History and spread of this disease, also known as Goat Plague, its clinical signs, diagnosis, epidemiology, transmission and the UK and EU legislation that covers it.
Q - Fever in Goats
http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/agric/animal_diseases/domestic/pdf/Qfever04.pdf
Fact sheet on this condition caused by the bacteria, Coxiella burnetii. From the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary Profile for Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/sp-cla.pdf
Information on this bacterial disease, caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, which affects sheep and goats, the rationale for government intervention and suggested strategies.
Summary Profile for Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
Description of this disease caused by Mycoplasma capricolum, the rationale for government intervention and suggested strategies.
