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Listeriosis, a disease of the central nervous system, is caused by the bacterium Listeria moncytogenes. This bacterium can live almost anywhere--in soil

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Anthrax, a highly infectious and fatal disease of mammals and humans, is caused by a relatively large spore-forming rectangular shaped bacterium called Bacillus

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Calves under one year of age are more susceptible than older cattle who frequently have been exposed to the parasites and have developed a degree of immunity.

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Grass tetany is a serious, often fatal metabolic disorder characterized by low levels of magnesium in the blood serum of cattle.

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Calf scours or calf diarrhea causes more financial loss to cow-calf producers than any other disease-related problem they encounter

10/12/2016

Actinomycosis or lumpy jaw produces immovable hard swellings on the upper and lower jawbones of cattle, commonly at the central molar level.

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Horn flies, face flies, stable flies, ticks, lice and mites are the major external parasites in beef cattle about half the size of house flies and are dark gray

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Bovine ocular neoplasia includes a variety of benign and malignant skin tumors of the eyeball and eyelids. They can cause local problems with eye function

10/12/2016

Bloat is a form of severe indigestion marked by a collection of gas in the rumen that the animal is unable to expel.Most of the gases are eliminated by belching

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Bovine Virus Diarrhea infection can cause numerous problems, such as damage to the digestive and immune systems, pneumonia, abortions, calf deformities

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