The incidence/occurrence of a disease refers to the frequency of new cases of a disease in a population over a specified time. Diseases can be: Sporadic: isolated incident in a single animal. It happens occasionally or at irregular intervals. Enzootic: disease occurs...
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Introduction to Animal Diseases
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The Importance of Hygiene in Livestock Husbandry
The approach to disease control must always be aimed at preventing disease and not so much at treating it, for several reasons – a disease outbreak or high parasite infestation can cause a lot of damage in a herd or flock with resulting deaths, destruction of vital...
Respiratory Rate of Healthy and Resting Animals
The respiratory rate per minute also varies with physiological conditions. Overweight animals, animals with heavily filled stomachs, and highly pregnant animals have an increased respiratory rate. If there has been strong muscular activity or if the atmospheric...
Pulse Rate of Healthy and Resting Animals
The pulse rate of animals may vary with physiological conditions and increases considerably with progressing gestation or due to excitement, increased atmospheric temperature, movement, and muscular activity. Moreover, the pulse rate is higher in a warm stable than in...
Rectal Temperatures of Healthy and Resting Animals
The daily temperature, measured in the rectum changes throughout the day. It is lowest in the morning and highest in the evening. After food intake the temperature increases for a few hours and decreases after intake of larger quantities of fluid. Temperature...