Epidemiology of Enzootic Pneumonia in Minnesota Dairy Calves

Authors

  • Neal J. Sivula Department of Clinical and Population Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108
  • Trevor R. Ames Department of Clinical and Population Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108
  • Will E. Marsh Department of Clinical and Population Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926434

Keywords:

Enzootic calf pneumonia, bovine respiratory disease, infectious agents, ventilation, laboratory sampling

Abstract

Enzootic calf pneumonia (ECP) is one clinical manifestation of the bovine respiratory disease complex. Enzootic calf pneumonia results from a complex interaction between environmental factors, host factors, and infectious agents. The financial losses that result from ECP occur due to death loss, treatment cost, and decreased lifetime milk production. Calves that have experienced ECP have been shown to be at increased risk of culling once in the milking herd when compared to herdmates of the same age(1). Experimental studies involving the infectious agents themselves have been performed(2-9), as well as retrospective(10-16) and cohort studies(17-22). None of the current epidemiologic research has specifically targeted ECP, either through assessment of ventilation or laboratory sampling to validate morbidity or mortality.

Cover image of the First Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 1

Section

Respiratory Disease

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