An animal health specialist says the increasing occurrence of hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS) in dairy cattle is a growing concern for the industry.
Dr. Scott Bascom is a dairy technology manager for Phibro Animal Health. “One of the things that they discovered was a mold called aspergillus fumigatus was a common thread through these herds that experienced this syndrome,” he says. He says around 81 percent of cows that died of HBS were aspergillus fumigatus positive.
Bascom says HBS is unpredictable and fatal, and producers can take preventative steps to protect their herds.
