ASK THE VET
Aug 12, 2022
3 minutes
Dr Sello Maboe
Consider the case of an animal health professional called out because a farmer’s year-old heifer has just died, and another animal looks listless with a swollen shoulder and slight lameness – the same symptoms presented by the dead heifer. These are the signs of black quarter. The painful truth is that the disease can be controlled by a combination vaccine that also protects against botulism and anthrax.
The dead heifer is worth at least R8 000, which is enough money to buy the black quarter vaccine for 80 animals every year for
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