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Notifiable disease: This is any health condition that upon detection is required to be reported to the veterinary doctor and government authorities. All notifiable diseases require the imposition of quarantine.
Non-notifiable disease: This is non-contagious but still needs to be treated. According to by infonet-biovision.org. they include:
Ecto-parasites: These are external parasites found outside the body.
They are controlled by regular dipping or spraying with effective acaricides and insecticides.
Endo-parasites: These are found inside the body.
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
Infected animals should be quarantined and isolated from the healthy ones then reported to the veterinary for proper treatment with antiseptics and dressing for lesions in the feet.
Animals recovered from the disease present a characteristically rough coat and deformation of the hoof.
Anthrax
Due to the acute nature of the disease resulting in sudden death, treatment is of use in cases showing a sub-acute form of the disease.
In most cases, early treatment can cure anthrax. The cutaneous (skin) form of anthrax can be treated with common antibiotics such as penicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin, and ciprofloxacin (Cipro).
Mastitis:
Prevention includes maintaining a clean milking environment.
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In other cases, one can use a strip cup to show early infections as small nodules of coagulated milk will show in positive cases.
Other remedies include:
Milk fever
For late discovered cases of milk fever (when the cow is no longer able to drink), only the use of calcium formulations administered right into the bloodstream by a veterinarian can save the animal (consult veterinarian).