Question

Which one of the following is a bacterial disease?
1. Calf scours
2. Theileriosis
3. IBR
4. Blue tongue

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Calf scours

The correct answer is Calf scours.

• It is an acute highly infectious disease of calves characterized by marked prostration and profuse diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli.
• Failure to receive colostrum appears to be the most important factor.
• In acute cases there is septicaemia and death.

 

• Treatment and control:

1. Use of antibiotics and avoiding over feeding of cows.
2. Feeding of colostrum in required quantities is important.

 

Bacterial diseases	Viral diseases	Metabolic diseases	Parasitic diseases
Anthrax	Foot and mouth disease (FMD)	Milk fever	Bovine babesiosis (Red water disease, Tick fever)
Haemorrhagic septecemia	Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)	Bloat (Tympany)	Theileriosis
Black quarter	Blue tongue	Diarrhoea	Fascioliasis
Bovine tuberculosis		Ketosis	Amphistomiasis
Johne's disease or Paratuberculosis
Calf scours