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| | Cattle DiseasesInformation on a variety of diseases that infect cattle. |
 | Acetonaemia A disease commonly seen in high producing dairy cows, or in cows on a poor diet. |
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| Acute Bovine Liver Disease Previously known as phytotoxic hepatitis, it is a disease of beef and dairy cattle. |
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| Botulism Although instances of botulism affecting humans are rare, it is a common disease in animals and birds. |
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| Bovine Pestivirus Also known as bovine viral diarrhoea virus, or BVD or BVDV, or mucosal disease virus. |
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| Brucellosis Causes mass abortion in cattle herds. |
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| BSE (Mad Cow Disease) An emergency animal disease that would have serious consequences for the cattle industry. |
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| Facial Eczema Facial eczema (FE) is a type of sunburn (sometimes called photosensitisation) affecting exposed areas of pale skin of cattle. |
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| Foot and Mouth Disease A highly contagious animal disease that can also affect other livestock species. |
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| Grass Tetany (Hypomagnesaemia) Magnesium deficiency. It can affect stock in late autumn, winter and spring. This is not the same disease as perennial rye grass staggers. |
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| Milk Fever (Hypocalcaemia) An abnormally low level of blood calcium. |
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| Perennial Ryegrass Staggers Caused by toxins in the leaves of perennial rye grass. This is not the same disease as grass tetany. |
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