TIME TO VACCINATE AGAINST BOTULISM
BY Dr. Mbatshi Mazwiduma
Botulism is a rapidly fatal motor paralysis caused by ingestion of the toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Most botulism in cattle occurs when a combination of extensive agriculture, phosphorus deficiency in soil, and C botulinum type D in animals creates conditions ideal for the disease.
The phosphorus-deficient cattle chew any bones with accompanying bits of flesh they find on the range; if these came from an animal carrying type D strains of C botulinum, intoxication is likely to result. This is usually seen in the dry season.
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