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 |
| 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 | |
| Avian paramyxovirus | pigeons; poultry; birds |
| Blackhead | |
| Bluetongue | sheep; goats; deer; cattle |
| Botulism | cattle |
| Botulism in poultry | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | horses; donkeys |
| Equine infectious anaemia | horses |
| Equine influenza | horses |
| Equine viral arteritis | horses |
| External parasites in poultry | |
| Foot-and-mouth disease | cattle; sheep; pigs; goats; deer; camelids; buffalo; elephants |
| Fowl cholera | |
| Fowl pox | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Listeriosis | cattle; pigs; sheep; dogs; horses; farm animals |
| Lumpy jaw | cattle |
| Marek's disease | |
| 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 |
| Porcine sarcoptic mange | |
| 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 |
| Spotty liver | |
| Strangles | horses; donkeys; mules |
| Swine brucellosis | |
| Swine influenza | pigs; humans |
| Tetanus | humans; animals; cattle; sheep; goats; pigs; horses |
| Transit tetany | cattle |
| Vibriosis (Campylobacteriosis) | cattle |
| Warts on cattle | cattle |
| White-nose syndrome | microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) |
| Wooden tongue | cattle |
| Worm parasites in poultry |
- Last reviewed: 18 Jul 2016
- Last updated: 03 Mar 2017