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Neonatal liver disease in beef calves, Spring 2022

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In the spring of 2022 a series of cases (N = 20) of rapidly fatal disease in neonatal beef calves were identified, with severe liver disease being the major cause of death. This unusual problem continues to be studied with both infectious (e.g. virus) and toxic (e.g. poison from moldy feed/toxic plants) causes being investigated.