Guide to animal diseases and disorders
Learn how to identify and manage a range of animal diseases and disorders.
Enter the common or scientific name below, or select the disease or disorder from the full list.
| Common name | Affected animals |
|---|---|
| Aflatoxicosis | cattle, pigs, ducklings, turkeys, horses |
| African horse sickness | all species of Equidae , including horses, mules, donkeys, and zebra, dogs |
| African swine fever | Pigs – domestic and feral |
| Akabane disease | cattle, sheep, goats |
| American foulbrood | European honey bees (Apis mellifera) |
| Anthrax | cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, dogs, humans |
| Australian bat lyssavirus | bats, flying foxes, horses, humans, dogs, cats, microbats, insectivorous bats |
| Avian influenza | Wild birds, Poultry, including chickens, turkeys, Guinea fowl, quail, pheasants, emu, ostrich, Marine mammals , People—avian influenza could potentially be a serious human disease. Human illness and deaths have been confirmed in other countries in people who had close contact with avian influenza viruses (H5N1, H5N6, H7N7, H7N9, H9N2) through contact with infected poultry or their contaminated environment. |
| Avian paramyxovirus | pigeons, poultry, birds |
| Blackhead | turkeys, chickens, pheasants, game birds |
| Bluetongue | sheep, goats, deer , cattle |
| Botulism | cattle |
| Botulism in poultry | poultry, fowls, turkeys, waterfowl, pheasants, emus, wild birds |
| Bovine ephemeral fever | cattle, buffaloes |
| Bovine viral diarrhoea virus | cattle, goats, deer |
| Brucellosis | pigs, cattle, horses, dogs, humans |
| Canine ehrlichiosis | Domesticated or wild animals in the family Canidae, including dogs and foxes, There have been rare instances overseas where humans have been infected after being bitten by an infected tick, however there have been no reported cases of infection in humans in Australia |
| Caprine arthritis encephalitis | goats |
| Cattle tick | cattle, horses, goats, sheep, deer, camels, alpaca, vicuna, guanacos, buffaloes |
| Chalkbrood | European honey bees (Apis mellifera), Asian honey bees (Apis cerana), Carpenter bees (Xylocopa californica arizonensis), Bumble bees (Bombus grisecocollis, B. nevadensis and B. vosnesenskii) |
| Coccidiosis | poultry, chickens |
| Copper deficiency in ruminants | ruminants, sheep, cattle, goats, buffalo, deer, camels |
| Enzootic bovine leucosis | cattle, buffalo, zebu |
| Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) | horses, donkeys |
| Equine infectious anaemia | horses |
| Equine influenza | horses |
| Equine viral arteritis | horses |
| European foulbrood | European honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker, drone and queen bee larvae |
| External parasites in poultry | poultry, chickens |
| Foot-and-mouth disease | cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, deer, camelids, buffalo, elephants |
| Fowl cholera | poultry, chickens, turkeys, waterfowl |
| Fowl pox | fowls, turkeys, chickens, pigeons |
| Hendra virus | Horses, flying foxes, dogs and humans have been infected in a natural setting |
| Hydatid disease | dogs, dingoes, sheep, kangaroos, wallabies, pigs, wildlife |
| Infectious laryngotracheitis | birds, poultry, chickens, pheasants, partridges, peafowl, turkeys, ducks, geese |
| Influenza A in pigs | pigs, humans, a wide range of other species, including poultry. |
| Intestinal torsion | pigs |
| Japanese encephalitis | pigs, horses and donkeys, humans |
| Johne's disease | Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goats, Alpaca, Llama, Camels, Deer |
| Leptospirosis | cattle, pigs, sheep, dogs, horses, farm animals |
| Leptospirosis in pigs | pigs |
| Lumpy jaw | cattle |
| Lumpy skin disease | Cattle, Water buffalo |
| Marek's disease | poultry, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, game birds |
| Melioidosis | goats, sheep, pigs, horses, camels, alpaca and llama, rodents, humans, cattle |
| Neosporosis | cattle, dogs, sheep, goats, deer, horses |
| Neurological disease in horses | horses |
| Newcastle disease | All avian species, both domestic and wild |
| Nipah virus | humans, pigs, cats, dogs, goats, horses |
| Nosema disease | European honey bees (Apis mellifera) |
| Ovine brucellosis | Sheep |
| Piglet anaemia | pigs |
| Piglet scours | pigs |
| Psittacosis | birds, humans |
| Rabies due to rabies virus | potentially any mammal, including humans, dogs, cats, livestock, and wildlife. |
| Sacbrood | European honey bees (Apis mellifera) |
| Salmonella | cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, pigs, humans |
| Salmonella Enteritidis | poultry, humans |
| Screwworm fly | all domestic and wild mammals, humans, birds. |
| Spotty liver | poultry, chickens |
| Strangles | horses, donkeys, mules |
| Swine brucellosis | pigs |
| Tetanus | humans, animals, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses |
| Transit tetany | cattle |
| Vibriosis (Campylobacteriosis) | cattle |
| Warts on cattle | cattle |
| White spot disease | Decapod crustaceans , Prawns, Lobsters, Crabs |
| White-nose syndrome | microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) |
| Wooden tongue | cattle |
| Worm parasites in poultry | poultry, chickens |