Furthermore, spontaneous recovery without treatment can occur in severely affected cases. This observation questions the effectiveness of the above-mentioned treatment. There appears to be no correlation between the prevalence of the disease and management risk factors. Affected kids were found with dam reared, pasteurized hand reared, as well as unpasteurized hand reared herds. All breeds and dam parities were represented.
Cases tend to occur late in the kidding season.
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