About Animal Health and Disease Control
The course deals with the health aspects of animal Production with regard to animal diseases and their prevention and control. It also describes some epidemiological concepts on the occurrence and distribution of the disease and factors incriminated for their occurrence. It involves classification of animal diseases and their general effect on the production and productivity. It gives emphasis to important infectious diseases in Ethiopian through systematic description of their etiology, mode of transmission, occurrence, pathogenesis, clinical signs, pathological finding, diagnosis, treatment and finally prevention and control of those diseases. Practical Clinical examination of individual animals (history talking, general physical examination, specific physical examination), Clinical diagnosis at herd level. Collection and processing of microbiological, and histopathology samples. Measures used for the prevention and control of disease.