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- 4. an infectious bacterial disease of animals, caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis.
- 6. otherwise known as corn
- 7. Used to identify cattle on market reports that are emaciated (expressing the lack of fill).
- 9. Johne’s disease a disease otherwise known as BJD caused by a chronic bacterial infection
- 10. flies large robust flies similar in coloration to that of a bumblebee otherwise known as the cattle grub
- 12. rot acute inflammation of the skin and adjacent soft tissues of the space between the digits
- 13. dogs Wild version of a loved domestic animal. The wild version can cause garm and/or kill cattle.
- 14. Tetany a highly fatal disease associated with low levels of magnesium in the blood.
- 16. skin disease an infectious disease in cattle caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae, also known as Neethling virus.
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- 1. fly a small 3-4 mm long blood-sucking fly with the scientific name Haematobia irritans exigua.
- 2. and mouth a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock that mainly effects the feet and mouth.
- 3. Tick an external parasite, mainly of cattle, and is regarded as a significant economic pest of the Queensland cattle industry.
- 5. an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
- 8. Flies a small dark gray European dipteran fly (Haematobia irritans) that has been introduced into North America
- 9. the accumulation of excess gas in the rumen
- 11. a nematode worm, especially a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals.
- 15. eye an infection of the eye with Listeria monocytogenes.