Unique case study finds pestivirus' biggest impact was on calf health, not fertility

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Updated August 14 2019 - 8:53pm, first published 3:00pm
The cattle that were part of a case study on the introduction, impact and subsequent elimination of pestivirus. The case study found the biggest impact of the virus on the herd was calf health. Photo supplied.
The cattle that were part of a case study on the introduction, impact and subsequent elimination of pestivirus. The case study found the biggest impact of the virus on the herd was calf health. Photo supplied.

A unique case study of a herd infected by pestivirus has found that the disease's biggest impact was not fertility, as traditionally believed, but calf health.

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Olivia Calver

Journalist

Journalist for The Land

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