Story: Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer

Johne’s disease in deer

Johne’s disease in deer

This deer has the wasted look that is a typical symptom of Johne’s disease. Animals become infected by ingesting water or pasture contaminated by the dung of infected animals. The disease may last for several months while the animal wastes away. There is no cure.

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Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, 'Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer - Infectious and parasitic diseases of deer', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17529/johnes-disease-in-deer (accessed 21 April 2024)

Story by Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, published 24 Nov 2008