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Animal health and diseases - learn how to control and treat them
Animal health and diseases is one of the major factors affecting productivity. In order to have a profitable cattle or sheep operation it is important to know about the control and treatment of common animal diseases.
Tick Fever
Tick fever, also commonly known as ‘red water’ is a significant cause of lost production and death in cattle in areas where ticks are present. Cattle tick is the only natural mechanism for the spread of the blood parasites that cause this disease.> To read when and how to vaccinate agaisnt tick fever click here Tick Fever
Cattle Lice
Lice feed on the skin tissue and blood of cattle. There are 6 different species of lice in Australia. Biting lice, long nosed sucking lice and short nosed sucking lice are the most common.
Biting lice feed on skin cells of the cattle. The sucking lice have mouthparts that puncture the skin and suck the blood of the animal. As they are only 2 to 5cm long it is difficult to tell which type of lice are affecting your cattle. For this reason it is best when treating to use a product, which will control both the biting and sucking lice. To find out the optimum time to treat cattle for lice click here> Cattle Lice
The lifestyles we follow in cattle country bring us and our kids into contact with both stock and our pets - horses, dogs, cats and lots of other animals. It is important that we understand animal health and diseases for the sake of our own health as well.
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