CAT SCRATCH DISEASE
CAT SCRATCH DISEASE Cat scratch disease (CSD) is also called cat scratch fever. It is also known as regional lymphadenopathy, or lymphadenitis. Even though the disease has been described since…
LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS
LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a viral disease spread from rodents to other rodents and humans. LCM can have serious effects on human fetuses during the first two trimesters…
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (CRYPTO)
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (CRYPTO) Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most common forms of waterborne diarrhea in the United States. Although it has been a veterinary problem for quite a while, it was…
COLIBACILLOSIS
COLIBACILLOSIS Colibacillosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli. Colibacillosis is also known as hemorrhagic colitis. Other names associated with colibacillosis are colibacteriosis, colitoxemia, and enteropathogenic diarrhea. We…
MODES OF TRANSMISSION
MODES OF TRANSMISSION There are a number of methods used to transmit diseases from animals to people. The two major categories of transmission are direct transmission and indirect transmission (Table…
BRUCELLOSIS
BRUCELLOSIS Brucellosis, also known as Bang’s disease in animals and as undulant fever or Malta fever in humans, can cause abortion in both cattle and humans. The disease has been…
CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS (VIBRIOSIS)
CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS (VIBRIOSIS) MORBIDITY: +++ MORTALITY: + TO +++ ETIOLOGY: BACTERIAL There are several zoonotic species of Campylobacter, but C. jejuni and C. fetus are the most pathogenic. C. jejuni and…
BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (MAD COW DISEASE)
BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (MAD COW DISEASE) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, is a progressive, neurological disorder of cattle. It was first discovered in the United Kingdom in…
