Suspected bovine botulism associated with broiler litter waste

Appleyard, W.T.; Mollison, A.; Appleyard, W.T; Mollison, A

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Suspected bovine botulism associated with broiler litter waste

Appleyard, W.T.; Mollison, A.

Veterinary Record 116(19): 522

1985

ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900

PMID: 4002590

Document Number: 241983

On circumstantial evidence, botulism was diagnosed as the cause of ataxia and death in cattle grazing stubble on which spent litter containing decomposing broiler carcasses had been spread 2 weeks previously. When another group of cattle was allowed onto the stubble 24 days after the first group had been introduced, further cases occurred. In both groups, clinical signs appeared 10 days after introduction.