A highly contagious respiratory disease affecting cows and other similar ruminants, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is experiencing resurgence, re-emerging in African countries that had been free of the disease. With […]

A major disease that mostly affects cattle and water buffalo, hemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is a fast-moving illness that can kill animals within hours. Symptoms include high fever, reluctance to move, […]

One of the most severe diseases in goats, Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is very contagious and frequently fatal. This respiratory disease is transmitted by close contact with infected animals and […]

Rift Valley Fever 1.       The disease  Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a zoonotic (affects humans) insect-borne viral disease caused by a Phlebovirus. It is transmitted by mosquitoes and other insect vectors. […]

The virus that causes sheep & goat pox (SGP) is highly contagious and is spread through direct contact with infected animals, or materials such as food or litter. The disease […]

Affecting sheep and especially goats, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral respiratory infection that is highly contagious and fast-spreading. This disease is deadly, and occurs in Africa, the […]

Also known as hog cholera, classical swine fever (CSF) is a highly contagious disease of pigs and wild boar. Pigs can become infected with the virus after eating contaminated food, […]

With a worldwide spread, Porcine cysticercosis (PC) is a parasitic zoonosis cause by infestation with the cestode Taenia solium, for which the pig is an intermediate host while man is the […]

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of pigs and warthogs, characterised by high mortality in animals of all ages. Endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, the disease […]

Infecting wild birds as well as domestic poultry, avian influenza can be either mild or highly fatal and rapidly spreading. Domesticated birds can contract the disease through direct contact with […]