This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying canola plants that have a blackleg resistant phenotype.

This disclosure concerns methods and compositions for identifying canola plants that have a blackleg resistant phenotype.

Blackleg without skeletal muscle involvement as a cause of sudden death in unvaccinated calves.

Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants that carry the rlm4 gene.

Some embodiments concern molecular markers to identify, select, and/or construct blackleg resistant plants that carry the rlm2 gene.

Launch of a cattle vaccination campaign against symptomatic anthrax

The objective is to address the outbreak of the symptomatic anthrax, which has caused the loss of more than 3 000 cattle.