 Screw-worm Fly - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=external&form=custom&meta_y_not=0ARCHIVE0&query=t%3A%22screw+worm+fly%22+s%3A%22Chrysomya+bezziana%22&meta_x_sand=&sort=title&x=34&y=12 Serious threat to pastoral industries, occurs in almost all tropical countries except Australia. Its life cycle and potential impact on cattle, sheep, dogs and humans are described. |
 Anthrax - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=external&form=custom&meta_y_not=0ARCHIVE0&query=t%3A%22anthrax%22+s%3A%22anthrax%22&meta_x_sand=&sort=title&x=34&y=12 Clinical signs that can be found in sheep, goats, cattle and humans. Includes treatments that are described. |
 Cheesy Gland - http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/PW/AH/DIS/SL/FN2005_CHEESY_GLAND.PDF Causes, spread, symptoms, and prevention of CLA in sheep and goats. |
 Livestock Diseases - http://www.ag.state.co.us/animals/LivestockDisease/BySpecies.html Factsheets from the Colorado Department of Agriculture. |
 Animal Disease Information - http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/animal_health/animal_health_issues.html Factsheets from the Texas Animal Health Commission. |
 Brucellosis Fact Sheet - http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/factsheet/bruce.htm Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that can be passed from animals, such as cows, sheep and goats, to humans. |
 Disease Factsheet: Rift Valley Fever - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/riftvalleyfever/index.htm History and spread of this disease which affects sheep, goats and cattle, the clinical signs, post-mortem appearances and the UK and EU legislation that covers it. |
 Profile for Toxoplasmosis - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/sp-toxoplasmosis.pdf Provides information on this disease, the rationale for government intervention, the risks to human health and the GB disease control strategy. |
 Vesicular Stomatitis - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/vesiculatstomatitis/index.htm DEFRA factsheet providing information on the history and spread of this disease which affects cattle, pigs and horses, the clinical signs and post-mortem appearances. |
 Zoonoses: Questions and Answers on Q-fever - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/zoonoses/qfever.htm Provides information on this disease which puzzled researchers for a long time. |
 Profile for Verocytotoxin Producing E. coli (VTEC0157) - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/profiles/sp-vtec.pdf The VTEC0157 strain of E. coli produces a toxin which can cause disease. This profile describes the problem, provides a rationale for government intervention and a GB control strategy. |
 Specified Diseases - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/specified.htm Provides a list of the diseases which are compulsorily notifiable under European Union legislation. |
 Bluetongue: How to Spot the Disease - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/pdf/bluetongue0707.pdf Provides information on how this disease is transmitted, the import of susceptible livestock, the clinical signs in cattle and sheep, and vaccination. |
 Disease Factsheet: Anthrax - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/anthrax/index.htm Information on this notifiable disease, its transmission, clinical signs, post-mortem appearances, precautions, treatment and the GB legislation covering it. |
 Disease Factsheet: Bluetongue - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/bluetongue/index.htm Information on the occurrence of this disease in the UK and advice to farmers and others. |
 Rift Valley Fever - http://www.fao.org/NEWS/1998/rvf-e.htm A mosquito-borne viral disease leading to serious economic losses in livestock, particularly sheep. Transmission, symptoms, related links. |
 Q Fever Control Policy - http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/Bio/qfever/qmain.htm Information from the University of Florida on their policy for quarantining animals and ensuring their facilities remain free of this disease. |
 Animal Diseases : University of Nebraska - http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/animaldisease/ Articles on specific livestock diseases. |
 Rift Valley Fever - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/rift/riftfse.shtml Information on this disease, its transmission and spread, its clinical signs, diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
 Trichinellosis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/trich/trichfse.shtml Information on this disease, where it occurs, its transmission and spread, the public health risk, symptoms in humans, its diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
 Reportable Diseases, Immediately Notifiable and Annually Notifiable Diseases - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/guidee.shtml The Canadian Food Inspection Agency lists the animal diseases that farmers are required to report. |
 Vesicular Stomatitis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/vssv/vssvfse.shtml Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
 Anaplasmosis - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/anaplasmos/anaplasfse.shtml Information on this disease of ruminants, its transmission and spread, its clinical signs and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
 Bluetongue - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/blufie/blufiefse.shtml Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs and what is being done to prevent its entry into Canada. |
 Anthrax - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/anthchar/anthcharfse.shtml Information on this disease, its transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and the precautions necessary to prevent human infection. |
 Prion Diseases - http://www.microbiologybytes.com/virology/Prions.html Information about scrapie and other diseases in which a protein is the infective agent. |