2/15/2022: 

Late in September, the Veekijker received a notification of a number of cattle in a herd suffering from thickened and painful teats and an acute production drop. One animal also had sensitive skin. Following consultation, the practitioner submitted blood samples for liver enzyme testing, and very severe liver damage was discovered, indicative of a possible sporidesmin with sporidesmin intoxication. The practitioner subsequently examined the grasslands and detected large volumes of Pithomyces mould spores. No exact count was made. In the meantime, more than ten animals were quickly showing the same clinical signs. The affected animals had been stalled and the advice was to also stall the rest of the herd. Read the whole article in Monitoring Animal Health, third quarter 2021.

Other subjects in Monitoring Animal Health 

• Floods in Limburg
• Bovine tuberculosis in neighbouring countries
• Surge of chlamydia abortions at a cattle farm
• Analyses of pathological findings in breeding calves and veal calves
• Animal health of cattle in the Netherlands, third quarter 2021