Fatal bacterial disease affects cattle on the Far North Coast

By Jamie Brown
Updated August 11 2020 - 8:28am, first published August 7 2020 - 8:00am
Cattle producers are warned to be on the lookout for mud scours, with the winter dominant bacterial disease rearing its head again in the Lismore area. Image courtesy LLS.
Cattle producers are warned to be on the lookout for mud scours, with the winter dominant bacterial disease rearing its head again in the Lismore area. Image courtesy LLS.

Recent heavy rain on the North Coast has led to new cases of Yersiniosis or flood mud scours, with a handful of cases in the Richmond Valley and in the lower Hunter, following rain in July. The weekend's latest falls will only compound the problem and producers are advised to be on the lookout for the disease.

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