Major outbreak of suspected botulism in a dairy herd in the Republic of Ireland
- A. E. Sharpe, MVB, MSc, MRCPath, PhD1,
- C. P. Brady, MVB, MVM1,
- W. Byrne, MVB, PhD1,
- J. Moriarty, MVB1,
- P. O'Neill, MVB, DBR1 and
- J. G. McLaughlin, BVetMed, MRCVS1
Abstract
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.
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