Treatment of bovine respiratory disease with erythromycin and amoxicillin

Authors

  • R. L. Morter Department of Large Animal Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
  • J. R. Boyce Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
  • H. E. Amstutz Department of Large Animal Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p62-64

Keywords:

antibiotics, Bacterial diseases, Beef cattle, cattle diseases, drug therapy, Erythromycin, respiratory diseases, beta-lactam antibiotics

Abstract

The antibiotic used first in beef cattle with respiratory disease (attributable to Pasteurella haemolytica) was erythromycin. The cure rate fell from 60% in 1984 to 53% in 1985. Cases which failed to respond were next treated with amoxicillin, giving combined cure rates of 82% in 1984 and 87.5% in 1985. Spectinomycin was the third antibiotic used, if needed. The sensitivity of P. haemolytica to these antibiotics was discussed.

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Published

1986-11-01

How to Cite

Morter, R. L., Boyce, J. R., & Amstutz, H. E. (1986). Treatment of bovine respiratory disease with erythromycin and amoxicillin. The Bovine Practitioner, (21), 62–64. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p62-64

Issue

No. 21 (1986 November)

Section

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