Master one of the most important and highly assessed sections of Senior Cycle Agricultural Science with this Livestock Diseases Hexagon Tarsia.

Designed using accurate Agricultural Science terminology and modern animal-health language, this active-learning revision resource helps students confidently revise major livestock diseases, parasites, deficiency disorders, and animal-health concepts linked to animal production and welfare.

This engaging Hexagon Tarsia activity encourages retrieval practice, scientific vocabulary development, and rapid recall of key disease symptoms, causes, prevention methods, and management practices.

Topics Covered

Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders

• Milk fever
• Grass tetany
• Acidosis
• Bloat
• Anaemia
• Swayback
• Pining

Bacterial & Viral Diseases

• Mastitis
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Brucellosis
• Blackleg
• SMEDI
• Viral pneumonia
• Coliform scour

Parasitic Diseases

• Liver fluke
• Lungworm (Hoose)
• Stomach worms
• Sheep scab
• Redwater fever

Other Animal Health Topics

• Ringworm
• Orf
• Nutritional scour
• Biosecurity
• Vaccination
• Antibiotics
• Notifiable diseases
• Zoonoses
• Quarantine and disease prevention

Why This Resource Works

✅ Uses accurate Agricultural Science terminology throughout
✅ Strong focus on modern animal-health concepts
✅ Excellent preparation for structured and short-answer questions
✅ Active-learning and retrieval-practice approach
✅ Reinforces disease recognition and prevention strategies
✅ Ideal for Higher Level Agricultural Science revision
✅ Ready-to-print classroom activity
✅ Great for revision stations, pair work, and independent study

Perfect For

• Senior Cycle Agricultural Science students
• Animal health and welfare revision
• Livestock disease topics
• Classroom active learning
• Homework and independent study
• Retrieval practice and revision preparation

Format

• Printable PDF Hexagon Tarsia
• Digital download
• Reusable revision activity
• Suitable for repeated revision throughout the school year

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Identify major livestock diseases and disorders
• Explain causes and symptoms of disease
• Apply animal-health terminology accurately
• Describe disease prevention and biosecurity measures
• Improve confidence with Agricultural Science terminology and revision questions

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