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Managing the risk of hardware disease

Vet, Rob Hall of LLM Farm Vets, discusses the cause, treatment and prevention of hardware disease in beef cattle

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Reducing the chance of metals being ingested is the best measure for preventing hardware disease.
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Reducing the chance of metals being ingested is the best measure for preventing hardware disease.

A common issue in dairy herds, but also seen in beef systems is traumatic reticuloperitonitis, more commonly known as hardware disease. Caused by cattle ingesting wire, usually from degraded tyres...

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