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Pests, diseases and disorders of animals
Learn how to identify and manage a range of animal diseases and disorders.
Enter the common or scientific name below, or select the disease or disorder from the full list.
| Common name | Affected animals |
|---|---|
| Aflatoxicosis | cattle, pigs, ducklings, turkeys, horses |
| African horse sickness | Horses, donkeys, mules and zebras are the primary hosts for African horse sickness., Dogs eating viscera and blood from infected horses are also known to be affected. While antibodies have been reported in several other species, they are not considered to be significant in the epidemiology of the disease. |
| African swine fever | Pigs – domestic and feral |
| Akabane | cattle, sheep, buffalo, camels, horses, goats, dogs |
| Anthrax | cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, dogs, humans |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | bats, flying foxes, horses, humans, dogs, cats, microbats, insectivorous bats |
| Avian influenza | birds, poultry, turkeys, chickens |
| Avian paramyxovirus | pigeons, poultry, birds |
| Blackhead | turkeys, chickens, pheasants, game birds |
| Bluetongue | sheep, goats, deer , cattle |
| Botulism | cattle |
| Botulism in poultry | poultry, fowls, turkeys, waterfowl, pheasants, emus, wild birds |
| Bovine ephemeral fever | cattle, buffaloes |
| Bovine viral diarrhoea virus | cattle, goats, deer |
| Brucellosis | pigs, cattle, horses, dogs, humans |
| Canine ehrlichiosis | Domesticated or wild animals in the family Canidae including dogs and foxes |
| Caprine arthritis encephalitis | goats |
| Cat-scratch disease | cats, humans |
| Cattle tick | cattle, horses, goats, sheep, deer, camels, alpaca, vicuna, guanacos, buffaloes |
| Coccidiosis | poultry, chickens |
| Copper deficiency in ruminants | ruminants, sheep, cattle, goats, buffalo, deer, camels |
| Cryptococcosis | humans, cats, dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, ferrets, koalas |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis | cattle, buffalo |
| Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) | horses, donkeys |
| Equine infectious anaemia | horses |
| Equine influenza | horses |
| Equine viral arteritis | horses |
| External parasites in poultry | poultry, chickens |
| Foot-and-mouth disease | cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, deer, camelids, buffalo, elephants |
| Fowl cholera | poultry, chickens, turkeys, waterfowl |
| Fowl pox | fowls, turkeys, chickens, pigeons |
| Giardiasis | mammals, humans, dogs, birds |
| Hendra virus | Horses, flying foxes, dogs and humans have been infected in a natural setting |
| Hydatid disease | dogs, dingoes, sheep, kangaroos, wallabies, pigs, wildlife |
| Infectious laryngotracheitis | birds, poultry, chickens, pheasants, partridges, peafowl, turkeys, ducks, geese |
| Intestinal torsion | pigs |
| Japanese encephalitis | horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, rodents, snakes, frogs, humans |
| Johne's disease | cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, alpaca, llama, camels, deer |
| Leptospirosis | cattle, pigs, sheep, dogs, horses, farm animals |
| Leptospirosis in pigs | pigs |
| Listeriosis | cattle, pigs, sheep, dogs, horses, farm animals |
| Lumpy jaw | cattle |
| Lumpy skin disease | cattle, water buffalo |
| Marek's disease | poultry, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, game birds |
| Melioidosis | goats, sheep, pigs, horses, camels, alpaca and llama, rodents, humans, cattle |
| Neosporosis | cattle, dogs, sheep, goats, deer, horses |
| Neurological disease in horses | horses |
| Newcastle disease | All avian species, both domestic and wild |
| Nipah virus | humans, pigs, cats, dogs, goats, horses |
| Ovine brucellosis | sheep |
| Piglet anaemia | pigs |
| Piglet scours | pigs |
| Porcine sarcoptic mange | pigs |
| Psittacosis | birds, humans |
| Q fever | cattle, sheep, goats, bandicoots, kangaroos, wallabies |
| Rabies | foxes, raccoons, wolves, bats, humans, cats, sheep, pigs, horses, cattle, potentially any other mammal |
| Ringworm | cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, pigs, humans |
| Salmonella | cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, pigs, humans |
| Screw-worm fly | all domestic and wild mammals, humans, birds. |
| Spotty liver | poultry, chickens |
| Strangles | horses, donkeys, mules |
| Swine brucellosis | pigs |
| Swine influenza | pigs, humans |
| Tetanus | humans, animals, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses |
| Transit tetany | cattle |
| Vibriosis (Campylobacteriosis) | cattle |
| Warts on cattle | cattle |
| White spot disease | Decapod crustaceans , Prawns, Lobsters, Crabs |
| White-nose syndrome | microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) |
| Wooden tongue | cattle |
| Worm parasites in poultry | poultry, chickens |
- Last reviewed: 18 Jul 2016
- Last updated: 3 Mar 2017