Other Animal Disease — Australia
Veterinarians have confirmed cattle deaths and production loss in dairy herds, caused by “severe outbreaks” of facial eczema in parts of eastern Australia.
Warm weather and rainfall have created ideal conditions for the fungal condition, which is spread through toxic leaf matter.
Dairy herds in Gippsland have been impacted and veterinarian Dr Helen Schaefer responded to 2 notable cases in the Bega Valley region of New South Wales in the past week. On one farm, 20 per cent of the herd was
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