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Building BRD Immunity In Young Calves: Insights Into Nursing Calf BRD
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:58:26 CDT
Bovine Respiratory Disease - known as BRD - is the leading cause of death in beef calves 3 weeks of age or older. In a new - three-week series with Merck Animal Health - we'll identify ways to help build BRD immunity in young calves.
This week - we look into the incidence and impact of BRD in nursing calves. A recent multi-university survey of 61 veterinarians in six states provides insights into practitioners' experiences with BRD in nursing calves. Dr. Terry Engelken - an associate professor at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine - was involved with the survey and says a key risk factor identified was inadequate colostrum-tape
More than 85-percent of the veterinarians who responded to the survey recommend vaccination of nursing calves to prevent BRD or to shorten the duration of outbreaks. Merck Animal Health beef cattle technical services manager Brent Meyer says new technology is available to meet this need-tape
Engelken emphasizes that prevention is often more cost effective than treatment. He says the losses associated with BRD in nursing calves include both the obvious and those that are not so apparent-tape
Next week - we'll discuss how to work with your veterinarian to develop a BRD vaccination program with young calves in mind. For more information on building a BRD prevention program for calves and Once PMH IN. For more information Click here.
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