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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 |
|---|---|
| Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease | prawns, shrimp |
| Aflatoxicosis | cattle, pigs, ducklings, turkeys, horses |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Epizootic ulcerative syndrome | fish |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Skin fluke infestation | Most tropical marine finfish with scales |
| 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: 03 Mar 2017
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