Animal diseases
EPIZONE scientists all work on epizootic diseases.
You can find information on a numerous amount of viral animal diseases below. Discontools provides information for 52 infectious diseases of animals and aims to keep the information updated.
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African horse sickness
African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly fatal, non-contagious, infectious disease, of horses, mules and donkeys caused by AHS virus. -
African swine fever
African swine fever (ASF) is a haemmorhagic fever of domestic pigs which usually causes very high mortality within a short time after infection.... -
Avian influenza
Influenza (flu) viruses (AIV). AIV replicates frequentlly among birds in a form of low pathogenicity (LPAIV). -
Bluetongue
Bluetongue (BT) is a disease in ruminants caused by an Orbivirus that is transmitted by midges. There are at least 24 serotypes of Bluetongue virus... -
Classical swine fever
Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera is a highly contagious viral disease of swine (pigs and wild boar). -
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is caused by infection with a tick-borne virus, aNairovirus in the familyBunyaviridae. -
Foot and mouth disease
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious viral disease that can spread very rapidly of cloven-hoofed animals. -
Lumpy skin disease
The Lumpy skin disease virus is caused by a pox virus of the genus Capripox virus. The genus Capripox virus, has three virus affecting ruminants: the... -
Newcastle disease
Newcastle disease (ND) is a contagious and viral disease affecting many species of birds. ND is caused by a virus of the family Paramyxoviridae. -
Peste des petit ruminants
Peste des petit ruminants (PPR) is a contagious viral disease. Small ruminants (goats, sheep) are animals that primarily pay a heavy price to the...
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Porcine Epidemic diarrhea (PED)
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1971. The disease was characterized by severe enteritis, vomiting, watery... -
Rift Valley fever
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also has the capacity to infect humans. -
Rinderpest
Rinderpest virus (RPV), a member of genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae, causes an acute and often fatal disease in cattle and other... -
Schmallenberg virus
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes congenital malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, goats, bison and possibly camelids. -
Sheep pox and goat pox
The genus Capripoxvirus, has three virus affecting ruminants: the sheep pox, the goat pox and the lumpy skin disease. -
Viral diseases in aquaculture
Infectious diseases pose one of the most significant threats to successful aquaculture. A number of serious viral diseases in fish are notifiable... -
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus (WNV) is one of the equine arboviral encephalitides and as such, can cause encephalitis (a serious nervous disease) in horses, which...