Preventive Medicine Archives ⋆ AgVetnepal

Snake Bites and its management

March 19, 2022May 15, 2022 agvetnepal

Snakes bite either to capture prey or for self-defense. But since there are so many different types of snakes including both venomous and non-venomous not every snake bite is created equal. Different species carry different types of venom

Classical swine fever (Cause, symptoms, treatment)

February 21, 2022March 9, 2022 agvetnepal

• Highly contagious viral disease of pigs of all ages, characterized by rapid and sudden onset, high mortality, and morbidity with generalized hemorrhages of internal organs.

Bumblefoot in Chicken (Poultry)

December 26, 2021December 26, 2021 agvetnepal

Bumblefoot, also known as pododermatitis, is a common inflammatory condition affecting the bottom of the chicken’s foot. The most frequent presentation is the presence of a hard, puss-filled abscess covered by a brown to black colored scab.

Lumpy skin disease: Cause, symptoms, treatment & control

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 agvetnepal

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an acute viral disease of cattle characterized by the eruption of variably sized skin nodules, edema of the limbs, and swelling of the superficial lymph nodes.

Tuberculosis (Cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment)

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 agvetnepal

Tuberculosis is a chronic, contagious, granulomatous disease characterized by the development of tubercle nodules followed by caseation and calcification, debility, and muscle wasting. The disease is transmissible between animal and human beings.

Malignant catarrhal fever (cause, symptoms, treatment)

November 16, 2021February 4, 2022 agvetnepal

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a fatal disease of cattle characterized by catarrhal inflammation of the nasal and oral mucosa, keratoconjunctivitis, encephalitis, rapid dehydration, and generalized enlargement of lymph nodes.
The disease is usually sporadic.
The disease is worldwide distributed and prevalent in both temperate and tropical zones.

Peste des petits ruminants, PPR (cause, symptoms, treatment)

November 13, 2021February 4, 2022 agvetnepal

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious, acute, or subacute viral disease of goats and sheep.

Bluetongue disease (Cause, symptoms, and control)

October 28, 2021February 9, 2022 agvetnepal

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is the double-stranded RNA virus, species of the Orbivirus genus, family Reoviridae.

FMD (Foot and Mouth Disease ), cause, symptoms, treatment

October 13, 2021December 12, 2021 agvetnepal

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is an acute, febrile, highly contagious disease of almost all cloven-hoofed animals characterized by the formation of vesicles (fluid-filled blisters) and erosions in the mouth, nose, teats, and feet with high morbidity and low mortality.

Rinderpest (Etiology, transmission, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and control)

October 13, 2021October 26, 2021 agvetnepal

Rinderpest or cattle plague is an acute, highly contagious virus disease, primarily of cattle and to a lesser degree of sheep, goats, and wild ruminants.
This disease is characterized by necrosis and erosions of the mucosa