Protect against leptospirosis, Aussie vets urge
Australian veterinarians are urging farmers to protect themselves as well as their cattle against the deadly disease, leptospirosis, every bit business office of National Farm Safety Week.
Australian Veterinary Association president as well as rural vet Dr Ben Gardiner said the affliction tin live a large threat to Australian cattle, especially during moisture conditions every bit the bacteria tin flourish inward moist paddocks.
“Farmers request to direct keep preventative measures. Vaccination of their herd is the safest as well as most toll effective agency of protecting livestock as well as themselves against this disease.
“Farmers should too direct keep precaution to protect themselves as well as their staff, every bit leptospirosis tin too spread to humans. The affliction inward humans is a moderate to severe illness amongst flu-like symptoms, which tin later on educate into to a greater extent than serious conditions including meningitis.
“The bacteria is spread through urine as well as bodily fluids as well as tin live inward stagnant H2O for several weeks. Infected cattle may introduce amongst fever, abortions or the nascency of weak or stillborn calves,” Gardiner said.
The skillful intelligence for farmers is they tin easily protect themselves, their staff as well as their herd through the utilisation of vaccines specially designed for cattle which forestall the cattle becoming a beginning of infection.
“The direct chances tin too live greatly reduced yesteryear adopting skillful hygiene practices every bit a affair of routine as well as taking increased precautions simply about whatsoever sick cattle such every bit wearing gloves.
“It’s of import to launder your hands as well as equipment amongst lather as well as H2O regularly, before, during as well as after treatment all cattle as well as minimise contact amongst your moo-cow if it is unwell.”
Farmers should speak amongst their vet almost preventing leptospirosis as well as other zoonotic diseases, including the precautions they tin direct keep to minimise spread of the infection through their cattle herd.
Leptospirosis tin too spill out inward sheep, pigs, dogs as well as horses.
Horse infection is rarer than inward other livestock. Symptoms are ordinarily mild as well as non-specific, as well as thence diagnosis is in all likelihood oft missed as well as could live behind the real depression incidence figures. As amongst other species, unborn fetuses may live aborted as well as newborn foals may exhibit astute illness, sometimes fatal.
National Farm Safety Week, from July 16-21, is held to heighten awareness of farm security issues across Australia.
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