The factors behind the large outbreaks are unclear, but prevention is through vaccines, the agriculture department said
Blackleg, officially titled clostridium chauvoei, is a common disease of cattle worldwide, and causes acute muscle damage and sudden death or death after a short illness
A “sharp increase” in the prevalence of blackleg disease among dead cattle referred for postmortem has been noted by the State’s regional veterinary laboratories. The Department of Agriculture warned on Monday that “quite large” outbreaks have occurred on Irish farms with no history of the typically fatal disease. The factors behind these outbreaks are unclear, but prevention is straightforward as there are extremely effective vaccines, the department said.
Blackleg, officially titled clostridium chauvoei, is a common disease of cattle worldwide, and causes acute muscle damage and sudden death or death after a short illness. It is caused by the animals consuming an inactive form of bacteria, called clostridial spores, from soil. The spores are dormant in muscle until bruising, tearing or other metabolic factors facilitate germination that normally has fatal consequences, the department said.Two Ryanair passengers complain to Pricewatch.
He said the disease was tough on farmers as they could find animals dead in a field that were perfectly healthy 24 hours earlier. There was very little a farmer could do once their animal had the disease.
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