Black leg is very crucial disease as the cattle can die in seconds. The black leg is from blood poisoning. The swelling will become very cold, as the hot weather will make it dry and leathery which creates the skin to go black and that’s why everyone calls it the black leg. The cattle pick up the infection mainly from soil or what the owner is feeding them it enters the bloodstream and stops the blood from flowing. The disease is in NSW and in the eastern part. It is caused by a spore forming bacteria infection. The symptoms include death in the next couple of days, they cant eat any food, and lameness. No real treatment can solve the black leg as it leads to death in 48 hours some say if treated earlier with antibiotics they could survive
