Question

Fill the table below for the following diseases.

Disease	Cause	Characteristic/Symptom	Preventive measures
Coccidiosis
Blackquater			vaccination
Rinderpest	virus
Milk fever

Answer 1

Disease	Cause	Characteristic/Symptom	Preventive measures
Coccidiosis	-Protozoa/coccidian sp	-Diarrhoea/whitish/yellow/blood stained	-Give coccidiostats in drinking water/food
Blackquater	-Bacteria/clostridium sp	-Lameness / swollen muscles	vaccination
Rinderpest	virus	-Diarrhoea with blood- stained feaces	-Vaccination
Milk fever	Low level of calcium (reject lack of calcium)	Animal goes down with stiff bent neck. Twitching of muscles	-Injection with calcium preparation eg calcium borogluconate -Feeding with calcium rich feed stuff during gestation period