Catlle diseases are illnesses or infections that affect the health, productivity, or life of cows and cattle. These diseases can be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, infections, or sometimes even wounds. Common cow diseases include foot-and-mouth disease, mastitis, brucellosis, bovine respiratory disease, and many more.
Here on Animal’s Farming, we will explain each cow and cattle disease in detail, including symptoms, causes, and doctor-approved treatments.
Anthrax in cattle is a serious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, also known as splenic fever. Anthrax is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can affect both animals and people. The bacterium can survive with or without oxygen and […]
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Ketosis in cattle, also known as Hyperketonemia or acetonemia, is a metabolic disorder that often affects dairy cows during the early days of lactation after calving. It is most common in high-producing cows, as their energy requirements for milk usually
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) is a widespread, highly contagious cattle disease that affects cattle of all ages, with the greatest impact in calves aged 6 to 24 months. Bovine Viral Diarrhea, sometimes called BVD-MD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea–Mucosal Disease), mainly affects
Shipping fever in cattle, also known as bovine respiratory disease (BRD) or pneumonic pasteurellosis, is a serious lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or stress that often affects cattle after being moved or stressed. It mainly causes bronchopneumonia in cattle.
White Muscle Disease (WMD), also called Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy or Nutritional Myopathy, is a disease in cattle that makes the muscles weak, stiff, and pale. It gets its name from the white streaks that appear in the muscles, mostly in
Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), also known as ‘Pink Eye in cattle’ or ‘New Forest Eye,’ is one of the most common cattle eye problems worldwide. It is an infection that mainly affects the clear part of the eye (cornea) and
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Scours in calves (meaning diarrhea in young calves) occurs when a calf passes loose, watery stool repeatedly. Diarrhea in calves causes rapid fluid loss (water and salts), leading to dehydration, weakness, dullness, and sometimes even death. Normally, manure contains about
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in cattle, also known as bovine rhinotracheitis, is a viral cattle disease caused by Bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1). The virus belongs to the Herpesviridae family, Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily, and Varicellovirus genus. Clinically, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is characterized
White line disease happens when the hard outer part of the hoof starts to come apart from the bottom part. This usually happens in the white line area, which is a weaker spot on the hoof. Walking on hard or
Bovine tuberculosis in cattle is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. TB in cattle primarily affects the lungs but can spread to other organs, causing progressive illnesses like Lymph nodes,
