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ZACTRAN- A New Tool to Use in Battle Against BRD
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:17:36 CDT
ZACTRAN is a new antimicrobial from Merial, which will provide producers with a rapid-response weapon in the battle against BRD. It can be used for control of BRD in high-risk cattle or as a first-pull treatment of sick cattle.
"BRD causes between $800 to $900 million annually in economic losses from death, reduced feed efficiency and treatment costs. Given the significant impact of BRD, producers need cattle to respond quickly to treatment," says Bruce Nosky, DVM, Manager, Merial's Large Animal Veterinary Services.
"In field studies, cattle treated with ZACTRAN showed a rapid improvement in BRD clinical signs. More than three quarters of the cattle with a fever had a significant decrease in temperature within 24 hours. And the majority of those cattle treated with ZACTRAN remained healthy throughout the 10-day study." Dr. Nosky adds that in additional field trials for BRD control, the majority of lightweight, long-haul and high-risk cattle that received ZACTRAN on arrival to control BRD showed significantly less disease during the 10-day study compared to non-treated calves.
At the recent Summer Cattle Industry Conference, we sat down and visited with Dr. Nosky about ZACTRAN- and this new tool to use against BRD is our focus on today's Beef Buzz.
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