Alert after 15 cows die in BVD outbreak
The Limerick lab first examined three Friesian cows from a high-yielding dairy herd where there was a history of diarrhoea, fever, milk drop, respiratory distress and death.
Vets have been alerted to the need for biosecurity against BVD, after the Limerick Regional Veterinary Laboratory investigated a dairy herd case where up to 15 cows died during an outbreak caused by the virus.
The case was reported in the Veterinary Laboratories report for March 2023.
