Lack of growth response in selenium deficient veal calves injecte with selenium midway through fattening

Authors

  • Steven E. Wikse College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
  • Dale D. Hancock College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
  • Robin Van Horn Ecret College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
  • Robert I. Krieger College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p91-94

Keywords:

Selenium, veal calves, growth, infectious disease, antibiotics

Abstract

The study was conducted in an Eastern Washington veal operation. Newborn Holstein bull calves originating from Western Washington farms were transported several hundred miles to the veal unit. Batches of approximately 60 calves were raised on slatted wooden stalls overlying a manure pit in heated and mechanically ventilated rooms. On arrival, processing included injections of iron and Se / vitamin E, and vaccinations with intranasal modified live virus IBR/PI3 and Clostridium perfringens type C and D toxoid. Followup disease prophylaxis consisted of boosters of the 2 vaccines in 3 weeks and administration of iron by injection or orally as needed based on periodic hemoglobin determinations. Calves were fattened for 4 months on an all-milk diet containing 0.10 mg Se (sodium selenite) and 136.0 mg vitamin E (DL - a tocopheral acetate) per kilogram dry matter.

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Published

1986-11-01

How to Cite

Wikse, S. E., Hancock, D. D., Van Horn Ecret, R., & Krieger, R. I. (1986). Lack of growth response in selenium deficient veal calves injecte with selenium midway through fattening. The Bovine Practitioner, (21), 91–94. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no21p91-94

Issue

No. 21 (1986 November)

Section

Articles