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Blackleg

  • 12-12-2012 11:05pm
    #1
    shot2go
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭


    Has anyone lost any animals to black leg recently, lost a bullock today out on grass very strange was ok this morning dead this evening was going to bring athlone to be checked


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  • #2
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    shot2go wrote: »
    Has anyone lost any animals to black leg recently, lost a bullock today out on grass very strange was ok this morning dead this evening was going to bring athlone to be checked

    Our vet was explaining to me that they can get it round their heart and it kills them very quickly...


  • #3
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    loose one every few years, usually one that has missed the vaccination for some reason. vaccinate 99 and it the 100th that dies :rolleyes:


  • #4
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭td5man


    bob charles wrote: »
    loose one every few years, usually one that has missed the vaccination for some reason. vaccinate 99 and it the 100th that dies :rolleyes:
    Lost one a few years that was vaccinated it got some strain of blackleg that the vaccine didnt cover.


  • #5
    20silkcut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭20silkcut


    Lost a bullock to this in October. Noticed he wasn't himself one evening but still sprightly enough and he scampered when I went near him so wasnt too alarmed. Following morning he was dead. Took him into lab in Kilkenny and had it confirmed as black leg. Had not vaccinated for it so it was my own fault. Lesson learned. I done them all with tribovax since.


  • #6
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    bob charles wrote: »
    loose one every few years, usually one that has missed the vaccination for some reason. vaccinate 99 and it the 100th that dies :rolleyes:

    Lost a heifer at the start of october in the first frost in a similar fashion. - We bought her in and had been told that she was vaccinated - we just gave her the booster. The muscle around the front shoulders and the heart went like tin foil.

    First one to lose with blacklag in 30 years, will be up to scratcjh for it next time!


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  • #7
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    If you never had a history of blackleg is it safe to presume that cattle on your farm won't get it?

    What vaccine are ye using? Is it so many cc/50kg under skin in front/behind shoulder?


  • #8
    porter shark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭porter shark


    never had blackleg here before but lost two to it last year, a show quality 5 month old and a 2 year old. vaccinating this time.


  • #9
    caseman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭caseman


    Never vaccinated here for it ,did'nt hear of any stock being lost around us from black leg.


  • #10
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    I lost a bullock a few years ago in the spring, he was only bought in a week before. Any animals I buy in now are vaccinated the minute they arrive and they get a booster shot 6 wks after if the previous owner didn't give them a second shot as calves.


  • #11
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    shot2go wrote: »
    Has anyone lost any animals to black leg recently, lost a bullock today out on grass very strange was ok this morning dead this evening was going to bring athlone to be checked
    They can drop on the spot with it even if you checked an hour beforehand and they were normal.


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