Antimicrobial usage for the treatment on respiratory diseases in calves
a systematic review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20197306Keywords:
Bovine respiratory disease, weaned calf mortality, pre-weaned calf mortality, antimicrobials, peer-review studiesAbstract
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major concern on calf health. In the USA, BRD explains 24% and 59% of pre-weaned and weaned calf mortality, respectively. This important disease results in over 91% of affected calves being treated with antimicrobials. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of the quality of published peer-review studies evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobials for the treatment of BRD in calves.