We have recently been unfortunate enough to experience firsthand the effects of being shut down with TB, after a barrener was found with lesions. This was followed by three reactors going on our check test. All were home reared cows and it was never expected as we are meant to be in a 'TB free' area. Being shut down could not have come at a worse time for us as we were overloaded with young calves. We had just calved a lot of cows, including eight sets of twins within three weeks, which our vet advised us was due to cows being slightly short of energy back at conception.
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