2^nd Global Veterinary Microbiology Summit & Expo

Animal disease  is principally concerned to disease to which animals are liable and whereby the normal functions of any organ or any body part of an animal is impaired or disturbed by any protozoon, bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, other organism or agent All animal diseases have the potential to adversely affect human populations by reducing the quantity and quality of food, other livestock products such as hides, skins, fibres. Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) are  epidemic disease which are highly contagious or transmissible and have the potential for very rapid spread, irrespective of national borders, causing serious socio-economic. These diseases which cause a high morbidity and mortality in susceptible animal population, constitute a constant threat to the livelihood of livestock farmers. Furthermore, their potential consequences have such a magnitude that their occurrence may also have a significant detrimental effect on national economies.