Sheep
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Disease
Diseases common to all animals
Disease |
Symptoms |
Anaplasmosis / gall sickness / ‘inyongo’ |
Pale mucus membranes, difficulty in defecation |
Anthrax |
Sudden death, black tar-like blood from orifices |
Babesiosis (Red Water) |
Bloody urine |
Diarrhoeal disease / E. coli, salmonella, etc |
Blood-stained diarrhoea, whitish yellow diarrhoea |
Foot & mouth |
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Foot rot / foot problems / lameness |
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Heart water |
Nervous signs, high-stepping gait, blinking & twitching of eyes |
Liver Fluke |
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Mastitis |
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Pasteurellosis |
Weak laboured breathing, depression, pus-like nasal discharge, nose crusting |
Pneumonia / respiratory disease |
Abnormal breathing, weakness, high fever |
Quarter evil / blackleg / ‘umkono’ / ‘igazi’ |
Swollen limbs, limping |
Rift Valley fever |
High fever, lack of co-ordination, collapse, sudden death |
Tick-borne disease (unspecified) |
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Trypanosomosis |
Pale mucus membranes, emaciation |
Worms (general) / helminthiasis |
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Abscess / wounds (e.g. caused by ticks) |
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Arthritis |
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Bloat |
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Dystocia |
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Eye problems |
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Lumpy skin disease (‘amaqubuqubu’) |
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Mange / ectoparasites |
Hair loss, flakes |
Poisoning (plant, insects, etc.) |
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Rabies Nervous signs, sexual excitement, salivation |
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Retained after-birth |
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Ring worm |
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Sweating sickness Sweating |
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Tetanus |
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Three - day sickness |
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Vibriosis |
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Warts |
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Goat and Sheep Specific Diseases
Disease |
Symptom |
Blue tongue |
Tongue blue |
Contagious abortion |
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Gid / ‘chimeme’ a |
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Orf |
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Pulpy kidney /enterotoxaemia |
Rye neck (isimeme), nervous signs |