Sharpe A E, Brady C P, Byrne W, Moriarty J, O'Neill P, McLaughlin J G
Department of Agriculture and Food, Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.
Vet Rec. 2008 Mar 29;162(13):409-12. doi: 10.1136/vr.162.13.409.
This is the first report of a major outbreak of a paralytic disease in cattle on a farm in the Republic of Ireland. Thirty-six of 65 dairy cows were euthanased or died. A presumptive diagnosis of botulism was made on the basis of the clinical signs, the duration of the outbreak and the postmortem findings, and by ruling out other differential diagnoses.
这是爱尔兰共和国一个农场发生牛群麻痹性疾病重大疫情的首次报告。65头奶牛中有36头被实施安乐死或死亡。根据临床症状、疫情持续时间和尸检结果，并排除其他鉴别诊断，作出了肉毒中毒的初步诊断。
