The Effect of clenbuterol on acetylcholine induced dyspnoea in calves

Authors

  • J. Nuytten Department of Large Animal Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, University of Gent, Casinoplein 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium
  • E. Muylle Department of Large Animal Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, University of Gent, Casinoplein 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium
  • W. Oyaert Department of Large Animal Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, University of Gent, Casinoplein 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium
  • C. Van Den Hende Department of Large Animal Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, University of Gent, Casinoplein 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p42-43

Keywords:

Acetylcholine, Adrenergic receptors, Bronchopneumonia, cattle diseases, Clenbuterol, Respiratory diseases, Sympathomimetics

Abstract

Respiratory diseases are very common in calves and cause considerable economic losses. Curative therapy consists mainly in the administration of antibiotics and antiinflammatory drugs. Broncholytic drugs such as beta-2-sympathetic agents were until now only occasionally used in calves. In horses these drugs are currently used in the treatment of COPD and acute bronchopneumonia (3). The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of clenbuterol, (Ventipulmin Boehringer), a beta-2-sympathetic drum on the acetylcholine-induced dyspnoea in calves.

Cover image of the 23rd Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a view of Stampede Park in downtown Calgary framed by one curving wing of the Scotiabank Saddledome.

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Published

1988-11-01

Issue

No. 23 (1988 November)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

The Effect of clenbuterol on acetylcholine induced dyspnoea in calves. (1988). The Bovine Practitioner, 23, 42-43. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p42-43