Bovine salmonellosis attributed to Salmonella anatum-contaminated haylage and dietary stress

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1981 Jun 15;178(12):1268-72.

Abstract

An epizootic of salmonellosis in a dairy herd started 2 days after the feeding of a new shipment of medicinal-smelling soybean meal. Clinical findings consisted of diarrhea or fever (greater than 39 C), or both, and markedly decreased milk production. The attack rate was 73% in lactating cows, 3% in calves, and 0% in nonlactating cows. There were no deaths, but 1 cow aborted a late-term fetus. Salmonella anatum was isolated from feces, milk, pharynx, uterine fluid, haylage, and bird droppings from a hayfield. The epidemiologic findings suggested that haylage contaminated by wild birds and improperly stored in a silo was the source of infection and that the precipitating event was ingestion of spoiled soybean meal.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle Diseases / etiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Diet
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Food Microbiology*
  • Glycine max
  • Milk / microbiology
  • Salmonella / isolation & purification
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / etiology*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
  • Stress, Physiological / complications
  • Stress, Physiological / veterinary*