Livestock Diseases

noun a bacterial disease affecting livestock, especially cattle and sheep

• The farmer had to deal with an outbreak of blackleg in his cattle.
• The vet said that blackleg is spreading among the cows.
• I heard that blackleg is going around the farm.
• Dishonesty is like a blackleg in a business deal.

noun a highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs

• Hoof-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral infection that affects cloven-hoofed animals.
• Farmers need to be vigilant in preventing hoof-and-mouth disease in their livestock.
• I heard there's an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease at the neighboring farm.
• The spread of rumors in the office was like a case of hoof-and-mouth disease, infecting everyone with gossip.

noun a viral disease affecting cattle and other animals, transmitted by ticks and causing fever and weakness

• African coast fever is a tick-borne disease that affects cattle in certain regions.
• My uncle's cows got African coast fever and he had to call the vet for treatment.
• I heard that African coast fever is spreading among the livestock in that area.
• The spread of misinformation is like African coast fever, infecting minds with false beliefs.