Blackleg: The preventable killer you need to consider this spring

Unforunately Blackleg is often fatal, so prevention is key writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

Clostridia is an anaerobic bacteria, which means it can survive without the need for oxygen, which is why soil is a common location to find the bacteria.

Things are beginning to feel back to normal again on the farm; that feeling of anxiety opening the curtains each morning is beginning to ease. 

We finally had some headspace to do some calf vaccinating this week. We are a little later than we would have liked, but this spring ripped up the rulebook in so many ways.