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 |
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Aflatoxicosis | cattle, pigs, ducklings, turkeys, horses |
African horse sickness | all species of Equidae , including horses, mules, donkeys, and zebra, dogs |
African swine fever | Pigs – domestic and feral |
Akabane disease | cattle, sheep, goats |
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 |
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 |
Enzootic bovine leucosis | cattle, buffalo, zebu |
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 |
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 |
Influenza A in pigs | pigs, humans, a wide range of other species, including poultry. |
Intestinal torsion | pigs |
Japanese encephalitis | horses and donkeys, pigs, humans |
Johne's disease | Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goats, Alpaca, Llama, Camels, Deer |
Leptospirosis | cattle, pigs, sheep, dogs, horses, farm animals |
Leptospirosis in pigs | pigs |
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 |
Psittacosis | birds, humans |
Rabies due to rabies virus | potentially any mammal, including humans, dogs, cats, livestock, and wildlife. |
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 |
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: 27 Apr 2021