Disease events – northern region 2017

The following tables show disease events in the northern region of Victoria between 1 May 2017 and 30 August 2017.

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

Figure 1 displays disease events per animal species in the Northern region.

Map of Victoria that shows investigations were undertaken across all areas of the northern region

Diagnosed diseases in cattle

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Salmonellosis (general)

28

Hypomagnesaemia (Grass tetany)

9

Bovine viral diarrhoea/pestivirus (not type 2)

7

Internal parasites – protozoa

5

Trauma

3

E.coli (not verocytotoxigenic)

3

Mannheimia haemolytica

2

Leptospirosis

2

Polioencephalomalacia

2

Rotavirus

2

Toxicity (unknown)

2

Internal parasites – helminths

1

Theileriosis

1

Toxicity – lead

1

Fasciola hepatica

1

Lightning strike

1

Paratuberculosis (Johnes disease)

1

Toxicity – pyrrolizidine alkaloid

1

Yersiniosis

1

Aspiration pneumonia

1

E.coli (verocytotoxigenic)

1

Hypocalcaemia

1

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR/IPV/BHV-1)

1

Ketosis/Acetonaemia

1

Malignant catarrhal fever (not wildebeest assoc.)

1

Neospora

1

Staphylococcal infection

1

Toxicity – cyanogenic glycosides

1

Toxicity – onion grass (Romulea rosea)

1

Diagnosed diseases in sheep

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Ovine footrot

6

Internal parasites – helminths

4

Paratuberculosis (Johnes disease)

4

Enterotoxaemia (specify type)

3

Trauma

2

Fusobacterium necrophorum

2

Hypocalcaemia

2

Polioencephalomalacia

2

Toxicity – oxalate

2

Mannheimia haemolytica

1

Toxicity

3

Dystocia

1

Lactic acidosis (grain overload)

1

Management-induced (specify in comments)

1

Mastitis

1

Neoplasia (not notifiable)

1

Ovine brucellosis (Brucella ovis)

1

Pasteurella infection (not notifiable spp.)

1

Pregnancy toxaemia

1

Starvation

1

Diagnosed diseases in goats

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Dietetic scours

1

Diagnosed diseases in horses

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Strangles

1

Cattle tick

1

Streptococcus (not notifiable spp.)

1

Diagnosed diseases in chickens

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Infectious laryngotracheitis

1

Marek's disease

1

Diagnosed diseases in alpaca

Disease Number of animals diagnosed

Trauma

1

Bovine viral diarrhoea/pestivirus (not type 2)

2

Diagnosed diseases in pigs

DiseaseNumber of animals diagnosed

Salmonellosis (general)

6

Actinobacillus infection

3

E.coli (not verocytotoxigenic)

3

E.coli (verocytotoxigenic)

2

Streptococcus (not notifiable spp.)

2

Glassers Disease (Haemophilus parasuis)

1

Pasteurella infection (not notifiable spp.)

1

See the disease investigations undertaken between 1 May 2017 and 31 August 2017 in other regions:

Page last updated: 04 Mar 2024