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Forage crop diseases

It’s a bumper year for summer forage crops such as turnips, forage rape, millet, and sorghum.  But these tasty feeds are not without their risks. Below are some diseases we can see when animals are grazing crop. Usually only a couple of animals are affected, but...

Know the enemy: Mycoplasma!

Mycoplasma is a bacterial infection of cows and calves. There are several strains that can cause disease but Mycoplasma bovis is the most common. We have seen more Mycoplasma in the district over the last couple of years, and it is a disease that everyone should be...

Lungworm alert

We have seen a number of cases of lungworm in young heifers in the district, so thought it would be good to revisit how this nasty parasite works. Lungworm, caused by the round worm Dictyocaulus viviparus, usually occurs in heifers less than 10 months of age. In...

Leptospirosis: a case study

Leptospirosis, or ‘lepto’, is a disease of cattle than can jump the gap into humans  – where it causes mild to severe disease, including fever, meningitis and chronic carrier states. A disease that jumps from animals into humans is called a ‘zoonosis’ and lepto...