Major outbreak of suspected botulism in a dairy herd in the Republic of Ireland.
This is the first report of a major outbreak of a paralytic disease in cattle on a farm in the Republic of Ireland. Thirty-six of 65 dairy cows were euthanased or died. A presumptive diagnosis of botulism was made on the basis of the clinical signs, the duration of the outbreak and the postmortem findings, and by ruling out other differential diagnoses.
Sharpe
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Department of Agriculture and Food, Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.
Brady
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Byrne
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Moriarty
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O'Neill
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McLaughlin
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D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D003612:Dairying; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology