This course enhances the students' awareness of the nature and basic pathophysiology of the disease process. It introduces students to a variety of common infectious and non-infectious diseases of cattle and small ruminants which are of importance in the region. The course also illustrates the dangers posed by infectious agents to the ruminant population and their threat to the industry and the human population. The course aims to train students to identify and differentiate among many common diseases which affect the local cattle and small ruminant population, and to employ methods of prevention, treatment and control of these diseases.