Malignant catarrhal fever
- Malignant head catarrh
- Snotsiekte
- Catarrhal fever
- Gangrenous coryza
Nature
Malignant catarrhal fever, an acute febrile virus disease of cattle, causes gastrointestinal and respiratory problems, affects the eyes and the central nervous system, and is frequently fatal. It is usually transmitted by inoculation of infected blood; transmission from beast to beast by contact is unusual.
Incidence
The disease appears sporadically in cattle in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Brazil and Mexico; is has been recorded, however, in the majority of countries in the world.
Broader
Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
- Birds, mammals » Cattle, ungulates
- Medicine » Cancer
- Medicine » Circulatory system » Circulatory system
- Medicine » Locomotive, integumentary system
- Medicine » Lungs, throat
- Medicine » Specific diseases
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020