Eucalyptus holgo causes Bocopa disease in cattle.
MONTEVIDEO, April 13 (RHC) The Uruguayan Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) warned this Wednesday of the presence of Bocopa disease, caused by ingestion of the eucalyptus fungus that affects livestock.
A related statement reported the occurrence of cases of poisoning in this animal population, which is one of the country’s main export sources.
Vets from the MGAP Animal Health Division monitor and visit farms to detect the infectious agent, which grows massively in the southern fall from April through June, especially after dry summers.
The above disease “is of high morbidity and mortality and mainly affects cattle and sheep, but can also occur in domestic pigs, wild boar and horses,” explained the Executive Portfolio text.
He described weight loss and excessive salivation due to extensive ulceration and detachment of the epithelium of the tongue as the main diseases that animals suffer from.
They also suffer from lameness due to shedding of the hooves or hooves, shedding, particularly from the tail, and even detachment and fall of the horns in horned animals.
Bocopa’s lethality reaches 38 percent in cattle and 49 percent in sheep, according to MGAP, and it is an emerging disease in Uruguay as the number of outbreaks increases each year in tandem with the growth of afforestation and “silvopastoral systems.” . (Source:PL)