Top Diseases by Commodity Identified Through

the 2015 ARS Survey

Beef
Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Bovine TB, Bovine
Viral Diarrhea (BVD), Brucellosis, Coccidiosis, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Infectious Bovine
Rhinotracheitis (IBR), Intestinal Parasites, Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida,

Dairy
Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV), Bovine Respiratory Syncitial Virus (BRSV), Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD),
Bovine TB, Coccidiosis, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Mannheimia haemolytica, Mastitis, Mycoplasma
bovis, M. paratuberculosis (Johne's), Pasteurella multocida

Equine
African Horse Sickness, Piroplasmosis, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV), West Nile Virus (WNV)

Goats/Small Ruminant
Blue Tongue, Bovine TB, Brucellosis, Coccidiosis, Intestinal parasites, Mannheimia haemolytica, Mastitis, Q-
fever, M. paratuberculosis, Scrapie, Toxoplasmosis, West Nile Virus

Poultry – Breeders/Layers
Avian Influenza, Avian Leukosis Virus (ALV), Coccidiosis, Gangrenous dermatitis, Infectious Bursal Disease,
Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek's Disease, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, New Castle low virulence, New
Castle virulent/exotic, Necrotizing enteritis, Poulet enteritis

Poultry – Broilers/Meat
Avian Influenza, Avian pneumovirus (APV), Coccidiosis, Gangrenous dermatitis, Infectious Bursal Disease,
Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek's Disease, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, New Castle low virulence, New
Castle virulent/exotic, Necrotizing enteritis, Poulet enteritis

Sheep/Small Ruminant
Blue Tongue, Bovine TB, Brucellosis, Coccidiosis, Intestinal parasites, Mannheimia haemolytica, Mastitis, Q-
fever, M. paratuberculosis, Scrapie, Toxoplasmosis, West Nile Virus

Specialty Species
Anaplasmosis, Bovine TB, Brucellosis, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Coccidiosis, Epizootic
Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), Intestinal parasites, Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF), Mycoplasma bovis,
West Nile Virus (WNV)

Swine
African Swine Fever (ASF), Classical Swine Fever (CSF), Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Lawsonia
intracellularis, Leptospirosis, Pasteurella multocida, Porcine circovirus, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
(PEDV), Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Swine Influenza Virus, Trichinellosis

Turkey
Avian Influenza, Coccidiosis, Gangrenous dermatitis, Infectious Bursal Disease, Infectious Laryngotracheitis,
Marek's Disease, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Necrotizing enteritis, Poulet enteritis