pneumonia

Um, yeah.

Look, uh, a 20-year-old lab worker died on the 2nd of October from severe pneumonia of unknown origin.

So health reporters like me get, uh, immediately PTSD flashbacks from kind of early COVID reporting.

Um, but this woman worked at the... what was called an anti-plague institute in Siberia.

And around 200 contacts were initially put under observation.

Russia's like, "Hey, even though this was from our anti-plague institute, you know, no plague has been detected," but there's been no public establishment of what actually caused her illness.

Yeah, but the WHO wants some clarifications on what caused this severe pneumonia.

Uh, and there have been reports about a second institute employee who may also have pneumonia of unknown origins.

I'd

certainly, and having talked about dams and feedlots, you've always got to be a bit concerned about pneumonia issues.

So just making sure you're not seeing a lot of coughing or sometimes with the coughing, they get rectal prolapses.

So that's another issue.

After a rainfall event of 20 mils or more, undertake a worm egg count to determine the presence of barber's pole worm as the population can increase rapidly after some rain.

Consider a booster clostridial vaccine if you're introducing a diet change such as green feed to dry feed or onto a legume stubble or onto grain.

Be aware of the risk of flysprout coming into the warmer weather and also keep an eye out for coughing in a feedlot situation, as this may indicate the presence of pneumonia.

Links to further information about these topics are in the show notes.

That's Bjork.

That track is called Pneumonia.

Yeah.

Look, you would think that doctors would, if you're feeling unwell and they put you on medications, they'd want you to rest and relax and take it easy, and pretty much they have.