livestock disease
Farm animal epidemic
Livestock disease refers to illness affecting farm animals raised for food, fiber, or labor—cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, and the like.
The term appears in agricultural policy, veterinary science, and news about outbreaks: Livestock disease threatens the region's beef industry.
Major livestock diseases like foot-and-mouth or avian flu can devastate farming economies and trigger trade restrictions.
- feverElevated body temperature
- tick feverDisease from arachnid bites
- bird fluViral illness from poultry
- foot and mouthContagious livestock virus
- financial lossNegative monetary outcome
vaccination · bacteria · viruses · antibiotics · prions · lethargy · quarantine protocols · public health concerns · fungi · vectors · sick animals · culling · animal welfare · surveillance systems · food insecurity · environmental degradation · trade restrictions · parasites
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- farm disasterscrop failure, crop blight, failed harvest, drought, locust plague
- farm economicsfarm economy, farm income, farm loans, farm credit, farm management
- crop threatspests, pest, blight, drought, insects
- plaguesBlack Death, bubonic plague, Black Plague, plague doctor, plague mask
- biosecurityquarantine measures, pest management, containment measures, biosafety, fumigation
livestock diseasecrop blight
Disease destroying cultivated plants
plant disease · crop disease · crop failure · agricultural pest · soil depletion
livestock diseasezoonotic disease
Pathogen crossing species barriers
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