Northern Ireland disease surveillance, October to December 2009

摘要

These are among matters discussed in the Northern Ireland animal disease surveillance quarterly report for October to December 2009. Cattle Respiratory diseases - Respiratory disease was identified in 99 cattle postmortem submissions between Octoberand December 2009. The most common pathogens identified included Mycoplasma bovis (19 cases), Mannheimia hacmolytica (14 cases), Pasteurella multocida (12 cases), Dictyocaulus vivipams (nine cases), Arcanobacterium pyogenes (eight cases), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (seven cases) and bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) (four cases).