Epidemiological, clinicopathological, and economic aspects of an outbreak of botulism in beef cattle in the State of Tocantins, Brazil

Epidemiological, clinicopathological, and economic aspects of an outbreak of botulism in beef cattle in the State of Tocantins, Brazil

The objective of this work was to quantify the economic losses caused by a botulism outbreak among beef cattle in a semi-containment regime. The animals were fed corn silage and commercial feed and had access to a pasture of Guinea grass ( Panicum maximum ). Of the 150 steers in the herd, 22 (14...

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Main Authors: Samara de Paula Lopes, Michel Abdalla Helayel, Adriano Tony Ramos, Isabelle Magalhães da Cunha, Luiz Filipe Cabral de Souza Ramos, Iveraldo dos Santos Dutra, Vivian de Assunção N. Carvalho, Saulo Andrade Caldas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Medicina Veterinária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2019-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Subjects:
clostridium botulinum
botulinum neurotoxin type c
corn silage
Online Access:http://rbmv.org/index.php/BJVM/article/view/1019

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