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4.4 Step 4. Complete a Daily Health Report noting morbidity cases, rates and predisposing factors
Useful information about diseases and conditions on board can be made from the observations
by stockmen and veterinarians that contribute to daily voyage reports, and by
daily monitoring of the number and type of cattle occupying hospital pens and the
amounts of different types of antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs administered.
It is very important to gather epidemiological information about diseases including information about the affected animals and about the population of animals at risk all
animals on the ship.
At the end of each day complete the Daily Health Report with the following information:
1. Estimate of number and percentage of cattle observed affected with the different
suspected diseasesconditions. 2. For each disease condition observed, record:
what typeclass of animal is the disease condition mostly occurring in and what
typeclass of animals seem to be spared.
where on the ship the condition is mostly occurring and where it is not occurring when was the onset of the disease condition
3. For each disease condition observed, record the suspected:
animal factors that are suspected to be predisposing and protective management factors that appear to be predisposing or protective
environmental factors that appear to be predisposing or protective
5 Investigation of dead cattle
This section of the handbook provides information to guide investigation cause of death in cattle exported by sea. It contains procedures for investigating the cause of death including
necropsy examination, sample collection and identification of predisposing factors. It also contains terminology and descriptions for common diseases and conditions causing death in
live export cattle. The information in this handbook is designed to complement the existing Stockman’s Handbook - Transport of Cattle by Sea.
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5.1 Preparations for necropsy
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