Viral Diseases of Cattle and Other Ruminants

Viral diseases that mainly affect cattle, sheep, goats and other grazing animals with hooves, including foot and mouth disease, lumpy skin disease and Rift Valley fever. A disease belongs here when its cited article names cattle, sheep or goats among its main hosts and it does not belong to a virus family heading of its own. Some spread by direct contact and contaminated animal products, while others are carried by biting insects, so the spread follows animal trade, wind and the seasons of the vectors. Control rests on vaccination, movement restrictions, vector control, surveillance and reporting. This heading gathers them so a visitor can compare how each spreads and how each is controlled.