Footrot
Footrot is one of the most economically devastating diseases in the sheep industry. It is caused by the interaction of two anaerobic bacteria: Bacteroides nodosus, which can only live in the animal’s hoof; and Fusobacterium necrophorum, which is a normal inhabitant of soil and sheep manure.

Lameness in one or more feet is the most…[اقرأ المزيد]

Big head is an acute, infectious disease caused by Clostridium novyi, C sordellii, or rarely C chauvoei, characterized by a nongaseous, nonhemorrhagic, edematous swelling of the head, face, and neck of young rams.
Malignant oedema or gas gangrene (in sheep, cattle and goats) or Big Head Disease (in rams)
This infection is initiated in young rams…[اقرأ المزيد]