Translations:Basic Field Epi: Manual/255/en

  • MMU - Sudden increase in mortality in chickens and other poultry
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Avian Influenza
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: Newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, and duck plague.
    • Other non-infectious causes include: acute poisoning.
  • KGS - Abortion in third trimester or swollen joints in cattle
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Brucellosis
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: many bacterial and viral infections can cause abortion and swollen joints.
    • Other non-infectious causes of this syndrome include: genetic conditions, exposure to poisons, and administration of some drugs.
  • MTD - Sudden death with blood from the orifices in cattle
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Anthrax
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: blackleg and leptospirosis.
    • Non-infectious causes include lightning strikes, lead poisoning, hypo-magnesia and bloat.
  • PLL - Limping, excessive salivation, and vesicles on the mouth / foot / teat in cattle
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Foot and Mouth disease
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: vesicular stomatitis, bluetongue, bovine herpesvirus, malignant catarrhal fever, pestivirus, mycotic stomatitis, and rinderpest.
  • GGA - Changes in behaviour, increased aggression or depression, hyper-salivation, and biting in dogs
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Rabies
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: canine distemper, Aujesky's disease, and any infectious disease involving the brain.
    • Non-infectious causes include - neoplasia, trauma, oral foreign bodies and poisoning.
  • DMB - High fever, conjunctivitis, and increased mortality in pigs
    • this syndrome is trying to identify cases of Classical Swine Fever
    • Other infectious diseases that could produce this syndrome include: African swine fever virus, and many other bacterial and viral infections.
    • Non-infectious causes include exposure to some poisons such as anticoagulant.