WEBQUEST 1
A. What are the 5 most common pathologies of cows?
1) MASTITIS or inflammation of the mammary gland, is the most common and the most expensive disease of this animals. The primary cause of mastitis is infection by invading bacteria or other microorganism. Infections begin when microorganisms penetrate the teat canal and multiply in the mammary gland.
2) FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE is a highly communicable disease affecting cloven-footed animals. It is characterized by fever, formation of vesicles and blisters in the mouth, udder, teats and on the skin between the toes and above the hoofs. It can also affect humans.
3) BLACK QUARTER (BLACK-LEG) It is an acute infectious and highly fatal, bacterial disease of cows.
1) MASTITIS or inflammation of the mammary gland, is the most common and the most expensive disease of this animals. The primary cause of mastitis is infection by invading bacteria or other microorganism. Infections begin when microorganisms penetrate the teat canal and multiply in the mammary gland.
2) FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE is a highly communicable disease affecting cloven-footed animals. It is characterized by fever, formation of vesicles and blisters in the mouth, udder, teats and on the skin between the toes and above the hoofs. It can also affect humans.
3) BLACK QUARTER (BLACK-LEG) It is an acute infectious and highly fatal, bacterial disease of cows.
Causal Organism: It is a bacterial disease caused by Clostridium chauvoei.
4)MILK FEVER, also known as parturient hypocalcaemia and parturient paresis, is a disease which has assumed considerable importance with the development of heavy milking cows. The cause of the disease is the decrease in the levels of calcium in tissue fluids.
5) GRASS TETANY is a highly fatal disease associated with low levels of magnesium in the blood.
The cow's digestive system
The cow's external anatomy
B. RABBITS:
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