The impact of controlling diseases of significant global importance on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production

Table 1 Top 10 global diseases reported by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) for various livestock species, ranked by the number of livestock units lost annually^a,b

Ranking	Cattle	Swine	Poultry
1	Echinococcosis	Classical swine fever^b	High pathogenicity avian influenza
2	Bovine tuberculosis	Swine vesicular disease	Avian infectious bronchitis
3	Enzootic bovine leukosis	Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome	Low pathogenicity avian influenza
4	Brucellosis	African swine fever	Newcastle disease
5	Haemorrhagic septicaemia	Aujeszky's disease	Infectious bursal disease
6	Foot and mouth disease	Echinococcosis	Mycoplasmosis
7	Rabies	Porcine cysticercosis	Pullorum disease
8	Anthrax	Leptospirosis	Fowl cholera
9	Lumpy skin disease	Foot and mouth disease	Fowl typhoid
10	Theileriosis	Bovine tuberculosis	Marek’s disease

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^b Diseases in bold font are those chosen for analysis within this study, although data on the impacts of lumpy skin disease on dairy production are not included within this paper as this disease is considered to be of limited threat to cattle in intensive dairy systems

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