Bovine Respiratory Disease
Published on Nov 02, 2017
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Bovine Respiratory Disease is the most common and costly disease affecting the North American beef cattle industry. In the broadest sense, BRD refers to any disease of the upper or lower respiratory tracts.
BRD is commonly associated with infections of the lungs causing pneumonia in recently weaned and feedlot cattle, nursing beef calves, housed dairy calves, and lactating dairy cows.
BRD is caused by many factors, some being age, immune status, prior exposure to pathogens, genetics, environmental factors, and infectious agents.
Clinical signs of BRD include a fever of over 104 F, difficulty breathing to varying degrees, nasal discharge, varying degrees of depression, and diminished or no appetite.
BRD has been mostly treated with ancillary drugs in the past. However, many studies have show that meloxicam significantly reduces the number of animals that develop BRD.
Prevention of BRD includes vaccination for respiratory viruses and bacteria, weaning days to weeks in advance of sale, administration of clostridial vaccines, and training calves to bunk feeding.
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