Many animal diseases , including insect-transmitted diseases that also affect human health , are expected to become widespread in the absence of immediate preventive measures . These include foot-and-mouth disease ( FMD ) , sheep pox , goat pox , small ruminant pest , rhinitis , infectious bovine rhinotecheitis ( IBR ) , ephemeral fever , brucellosis , tuberculosis , anthrax , theileriasis , bovine mycoplasmal mastitis and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever ( CCHF ) .