Combined corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy in bovine repiratory disease (BRD) of young cattle

Clinical results

Authors

  • J. Espinasse Ecole Nationale Vetérinaire d ’Alfort, 94704 Maisons, Alfort, France
  • R. Allaire 93, rue Saint Nicolas, 27170 Beaumont le Roger, France
  • J. P. Raynaud Recherche et Développement Rhône Mérieux, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France
  • F. Van Gool Recherche et Développement Rhône Mérieux, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France.
  • G. Tixier Recherche et Développement Rhône Mérieux, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p59-61

Keywords:

corticosteroids, BRD, antibiotics, cattle diseases

Abstract

Over the past few years, the use of anti-inflammatory corticosteroids in Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) of young cattle has been the subject of several updates, discussions and debates, stemming solely from the observations by Christie et. al. in which it appeared that the combination of oxytetracycline and dexamethasone produced less effective clinical results and led to more relapses than oxytetracycline alone. Therefore, we considered it important to check these statements under production conditions in France.

Cover image of the 21st Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the Louisville skyline at sunset, the lights of the skyscrapers reflecting in the river. The sky is blue and purple and for a just moment the city seems still.

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Published

1986-11-01

Issue

No. 21 (1986 November)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Combined corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy in bovine repiratory disease (BRD) of young cattle: Clinical results. (1986). The Bovine Practitioner, 21, 59-61. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p59-61