Reemerging/Notifiable Diseases to Watch

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2024 Mar 6:S0749-0720(24)00009-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2024.01.007. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Reemerging and notifiable diseases of cattle and bison continue to pose potential risks to their health and lives and affecting production and the livelihoods of producers. It is essential to understand the clinical presentation of these diseases to watch for possible incursions and infections and to immediately report your suspicions to your State and Federal Animal Health Officials. Three of these reemerging and notifiable diseases of cattle and bison, malignant catarrhal fever, bluetongue virus, and New World screwworm, are presented in this article for increased awareness to consider as a differential if examinations present suggestive clinical signs.

Keywords: Bluetongue virus; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Gammaherpesvirus; New world screwworm; Orbivirus; OvHV-2; SA-MCF.

Publication types

  • Review