Parasites and diseases that affect beef cattle
Across
- 1. occurs when an animal has leg or foot pain that affects how they move.
- 3. They are a small, biting fly that feeds on the blood of cattle and breed in the dung of the animals.
- 6. is a tick-borne disease caused by intracellular blood parasites belonging to the Theileria orientalis group.
- 8. eelworms, constitute the phylum Nematoda.
- 9. an infectious bacterial disease of animals, caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis.
- 11. (Boophilus microplus) is the most serious external parasite of cattle in Australia.
- 13. is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis, which is very similar to the bacterium that usually causes human tuberculosis.
- 14. parasitic mite that burrows into skin and causes scabies.
Down
- 2. is an exotic insect that preys on warm-blooded animals, including humans.
- 3. the build up of gas in the rumen.
- 4. a fatal wasting disease of cattle, goats, alpaca and deer caused by a chronic bacterial infection.
- 5. a bacterial infection of the eye that causes inflammation and, in severe cases, temporary or permanent blindness.
- 7. The main symptom is lumps all over the skin, India had an outbreak in 2022
- 10. Cattle may have a high temperature and blisters occur on the feet and in the mouth.
- 12. a complex disease that is caused by bovine pestivirus.