This question was not popular with the candidates. In 4(a-e), most of the candidates were unable to complete the table by giving the causal organism, symptoms and control measures of each disease.
Disease |
Causal
organism |
Symptoms |
Control measures |
(a)Foot and mouth |
Virus |
- - sores on feet, lips, tongue
and cheeks.
- excessive salivation in the mouth.
- Foaming.
- Inability to eat.
- Weakness.
- Lameness and death.
- Reduction in yield.
- Weight loss.
|
- vaccination
- isolation of diseased
animals from healthy
ones.
- burn/bury dead
animals deeply.
- Good farm hygiene.
|
(b) Anthrax |
Bacterium |
- loss of appetite
- sudden death.
- Very high fever.
- blood oozes from
nose, mouth and
anus of animal.
- swelling in the
neck, genitals andlower abdomen.
|
- vaccination
- carcass must be
burnt or buried
deeply in quicklime
- avoid opening up carcass of infected animals.
- good farm hygiene.
|
( c) Ringworm |
Fungus |
- Lesions or scab on the skin of
the animal.
- Falling off of the animal's hairs.
- Lesions appear as patches of
baldness on the ear, withers, head.
- In poultry the Combs and wattles produce grey patches.
|
- Maintain clean conditions/sanitation .
- Isolate infected
animals.
- Treat with iodine
as surface dressing.
|
(d) Coccidiosis |
Protozoon |
- Ruffled feathers
- Drooping wings
- Diarrhoea.
- Blood in the droppings.
- Drop in feed intake leading to
loss of weight.
- Squatting with head tucked under the wing.
|
- Maintain high
hygienic condition.
- Disinfect poultry
houses before stocking.
- Use coccidiostats.
- Treat with sulpha
drugs in the water.
|
(e) Rinderpest
| Virus |
- Dull, rough looking coats
- Temperature rises to 40.6oC.
- Diarrhoea
- Sores in the mouth
- Refusal to eat.
- A thick discharge from nostrils
and tears from eyes.
- Severe loss of appetite.
- Large sores sometimes appear on the skin.
- Difficult breathing.
- Animals grind their teeth.
- Dribbling of blood stain and bubbling saliva.
- Weakness due to dehydration.
- Foul odour of faeces.
- Death may occur.
- Reduced yield.
|
- Vaccination
- Isolation of diseased animal (Quarantine)
- Kill and bury deeply infected animals.
- Good farm hygiene.
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