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Peer-reviewed veterinary case report

Major outbreak of suspected botulism in a dairy herd in the Republic of Ireland.

Journal:
The Veterinary record
Year:
2008
Authors:
Sharpe, A E et al.
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Food

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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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18375985/