Parasites and diseases that affect beef cattle

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