{"id":5590,"date":"2025-05-09T22:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:22:33","slug":"cause-prevention-of-black-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/cause-prevention-of-black-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause &amp; Prevention of Black Leg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There have been some reports of cattle dying from Blackleg recently. Blackleg is one of a group of usually fatal infections in young calves and lambs caused by bacteria called the Clostridials. These bacteria are coated with a protective shell or spore that protects them and allows them to be potentially infective in the soil and dangerous to livestock for a very long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2016\/12\/05\/clostridial-or-blackleg-disease-cause-and-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1-768x1136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_5153-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2016\/12\/05\/clostridial-or-blackleg-disease-cause-and-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Submitted by P Baker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been some reports of cattle dying from Blackleg recently. 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