Disease events — south-west Victoria 2016 to 2017

The following tables show disease events in the south-west region of Victoria between 1 December 2016 and 28 February 2017.

Note: These figures exclude cases where no definitive diagnosis was made.

Figure 1 shows disease events per animal species in the south-west region

Map of shires in Victoria that shows disease investigations by shire

Diagnosed diseases in cattle

Disease Number of animals diagnosed 

Salmonellosis (general)

2

Internal parasites – protozoa

1

Polioencephalomalacia

1

Toxicity – other

1

Bovine papular stomatitis

1

Bovine viral diarrhoea/pestivirus (not type 2)

1

Toxicity – phalaris

1

Yersiniosis

1

Diagnosed diseases in chickens

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Infectious laryngotracheitis

14

Nutritional disease – other

1

Diagnosed diseases in goats

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Internal parasites – helminths

1

Mannheimia haemolytica

1

Diagnosed diseases in horses

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Salmonellosis (general)

1

Strangles

1

Ross River virus

1

Streptococcus (not notifiable spp.)

1

Diagnosed diseases in pigeons

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Rotavirus

2

Diagnosed diseases in sheep

DiseaseNumber of animals diagnosed

Internal parasites – protozoa

1

Internal parasites – helminths

6

Contagious ecthyma (scabby mouth)

1

Nutritional deficiency – copper

1

Ovine footrot

2

Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease)

2

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