The main livestock diseases

• Published in: The economics of animal health and production pp. 199 - 226
• Main Author: Rushton, J
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI 2008
• Subjects: Actinobacteria; Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Alphaproteobacteria; animal diseases; animals; anthrax; Aphthovirus; Apicomplexa; Bacillaceae; Bacillales; Bacilli; Bacillus (Bacteria); Bacillus anthracis; Bacteria; bacterial diseases; bacterial infections; bacterioses; bacterium; border disease; Border disease virus; Bovine diarrhea virus; Bovine diarrhoea virus; Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1; Bovine viral diarrhoea virus 1; Brucella; Brucellaceae; brucellosis; BVD; Campylobacter; Campylobacteraceae; Campylobacterales; campylobacteriosis; Cestoda; cestode infections; Chlamydia; Chlamydiaceae; Chlamydiae; Chlamydiales; Chlamydophila; congenital trembles; Corynebacterineae; costings; costs; Cryptosporidiidae; cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; disease control; disease prevention; domestic animals; dsRNA Viruses; echinococcosis; Echinococcus; economic impact; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; Epsilonproteobacteria; Eucestoda; Eucoccidiorida; eukaryotes; Firmicutes; Flaviviridae; FMD; foot and mouth disease; Foot-and-mouth disease virus; fuzzy lamb syndrome; Gammaproteobacteria; hairy shaker disease; helminthoses; helminths; hydatid disease; hydatidosis; infections; invertebrates; Johne's disease; Kinetoplastida; livestock; losses; Lyssavirus; Mononegavirales; mucosal disease; Mucosal disease virus; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; negative-sense ssRNA Viruses; Neospora; Neospora caninum; neosporosis; parasites; parasitic diseases; parasitic infestations; parasitic worms; parasitoses; parasitosis; paratuberculosis; Pestivirus; Picornavirales; Picornaviridae; Platyhelminthes; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; prokaryotes; Proteobacteria; Protozoa; protozoal diseases; protozoal infections; rabies; Rabies virus; Reoviridae; Rhabdoviridae; Rhizobiales; RNA Viruses; Rotavirus; Salmonella; Salmonella infections; salmonellosis; Sarcocystidae; Sarcomastigophora; Sedoreovirinae; ssRNA Viruses; Taeniidae; Trypanosoma; Trypanosomatidae; trypanosomiasis; trypanosomosis; tuberculosis; undulant fever; viruses; Yersinia (Bacteria)
• ISBN: 1845931947; 9781845931940
• DOI: 10.1079/9781845931940.0199

This chapter provides information on the economic impact of livestock diseases that affect a range of species. The losses and costs associated with disease control and eradication are given focus. The diseases considered are foot and mouth disease, anthrax, tuberculosis, salmonellosis, brucellosis, trypanosomiasis, bluetongue, echinococcosis/hydatidosis, paratuberculosis, rabies, infections, bovine diarrhoea virus and border disease virus, , rotavirus, / , and cryptosporidiosis.