What Are The Causes Of Bovine Diseases

Introduction

Bovine refers to the group of large warm blooded mammals, which includes cattle, cows, buffalos and a group of antelopes. All these animals are related to the Bovine subfamily of the animal kingdom. Bovine diseases refer to type of diseases which infect the Bovine group of animals. There are many types of Bovine diseases. Common causes of most of these diseases are animals not getting the right diet, malnutrition, some kind of disease forms which weakens the animal and sometimes leads to death if not treated on the right time and the right way. There are different types of diseases for different animals in the Bovine subfamily, so, different diseases affect each animal in a different way.

History

Scientists and doctors all around the world have been conducting researches to further explore the right treatment for different types of bovine diseases, which have been discovered for bovine animals. Cows and cattle have known to catch a certain bovine disease more easily compared to other bovine animals. This is due to the fact that cattle and cows are used mostly for farming and dairy practices in all places around the world. In research it has been found that changes in the eating habits can cause some kind of disease to the bovine animal.

Features

There are different types of Bovine diseases; all of them have different causes. The first very well known Bovine disease is the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. The informal name for this disease is The Mad Cow disease. In this a protein agent called Prion, forms in the animal’s body. The protein causes damage to the brain of the cow and makes it eventually bleed to death. The prion protein causing the disease is formed when the cow or a cattle is fed with different types of chemical agents like hormones etc, to boost up the growth of the animal. These diseases can transform into a human version of the diseases, if the infected animal is fed to the human. The human version of the disease causes death of the person in the long run. Another infectious disease called the Bovine parvovirus has known to commonly affect young calves. This disease is caused by premature birth of the calves. This type of infectious disease is normally treatable by vaccination. There are also skin diseases which occur commonly in the bovine animal group. One of the diseases is known as the Cowpox. Cowpox is a disease which causes rashes and skin damage to the cow. This type of disease can also infect humans, but only on a basic level. Due to the contagious nature of the disease towards humans, all famers and dairy workers are encouraged to get cowpox vaccines, to immune themselves from the disease.

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