Management Practices Associated with the Rate of Pre-Weaning Calf Respiratory Disease

Results from a National Survey of US Cow-Calf Operations

Authors

  • G. A. Hanzlicek Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
  • D. G. Renter Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
  • B. J. White Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
  • B. A. Wagner United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Health Inspection Service, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, CO 80526
  • D. A. Dargatz United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Health Inspection Service, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, CO 80526
  • M. W. Sanderson Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20114041

Keywords:

bovine respiratory disease complex, BRDC, pre-weaned calves, cow-calf herd, management factors

Abstract

Pre-weaning bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) in beef cow-calf herds can negatively affect calf sale weight and can lead to pre-weaning mortalities. Reductions in weight and number of calves that cow-calf operators sell will impact herd profitability. There are no large-scale studies documenting management factors associated with pre-weaning BRDC in cow-calf herds. The US Department of Agriculture National Animal Health Monitoring System’s Beef 2007-08 study generated data on management factors and disease occurrences for US cow-calf herds. Our objective was to utilize these data to assess potential associations between cow-calf herd management practices and the rate of BRDC in pre-weaned beef calves.

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2011-09-22

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