BVD-2 outbreak leads to high losses in cattle farms in Western Germany

In November 2012, a dairy farmer in the district Kleve first observed a reduction in milk yield, respiratory symptoms, nasal discharge, fever, sporadic diarrhoea and sudden deaths in dairy cows and calves. In the following months, further farms were found infected with cattle showing similar clinica...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jörn Gethmann, Timo Homeier, Mark Holsteg, Horst Schirrmeier, Michael Saßerath, Bernd Hoffmann, Martin Beer, Franz J. Conraths
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844015302541