Farmers Guardian - 29/11/13

[Bob454]

Can anyone help with the following which I am struggling with:

22A A pen or so in a bad way revealing cattle and dog pathogen (8)
(- n? - S - O - A) (I think it is an anagram of 'a pen or so')

26A Muscular strength or heartless knockouts; everything going (3/5)
(T - E / - O - K -) (I wondered about 'the works' but don't know how it relates to clue)

Thanks in advance for any help.

[boxtops]

27a Neospora - this is good for anagrams http://anagram-solver.net/detail/a%20pen%20or%20so?detail=Neospora

[dannyk13]

26a.The works

[mazie]

22Neospora

[scorpiojo]

Thew - muscular strength + or + first and last letters of knockouts

[glasman]

Thew + or +ks

[dannyk13]

muscular strength= Thew
or=or
heartless knockouts = k(o)s

[Bob454]

Many thanks to you all for your help, especially the anagram link.
I however now have one wrong if anyone can help me get finished.

25A Rev returns holding a new northern draught animal (6)
(- A - N - R) (could it be vanner?)

[scorpiojo]

Seems ok, apparently it's a gypsy horse

[Bob454]

Many Thanks scorpiojo

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome Bob