BVD Decision / Management Guidelines for Beef Veterinarians

Authors

  • R. L. Larson Commercial Agriculture Beef Focus Team, Outreach and Extension, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
  • D. M. Grotelueschen Veterinary Technical Services, Pfizer Animal Health, Gering, NE 69341
  • K. V. Brooks Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849
  • D. A. Dargatz Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, USDA-APHIS-VS, Fort Collins, CO 80526
  • J. A. Ellis Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4
  • B. D. Hunsaker Livestock Technical Services Division, Schering-Plough Animal Health, Preston, ID 83263
  • S. D. Lewis Hereford Veterinary Clinic, Umbarger, TX 79091
  • D. S. MacGregor Livestock Consulting Services, Jerome, ID 83338
  • R. A. Smith Veterinary Research and Consulting Services, LLC, Stillwater, OK 74075
  • R. W. Sprowls Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas A&M University, Amarillo, TX 79106
  • V. Traffas Traffas Veterinary Service, Smith Center, KS 66967

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no1p103-112

Keywords:

animal husbandry, beef cattle, control programmes, diarrhoea, disease control, disease prevention, guidelines, mucosal disease, veterinarians

Abstract

Characteristics of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV), such as genetic diversity and ability to induce a persistently infected (PI) carrier state, make its control a challenge. The Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC) drafted and approved a position statement in 2001 resolving to adopt measures to control and target eventual eradication of BVDV from North America. As part of this effort, the AVC formed an ad hoc committee to develop a document to provide guidelines for BVDV control based on the best current information. The final document was approved by the AVC in 2003, and provides management guidelines for control of BVD in beef cow-calf herds, stocker operations and feedlots.

Cover image of Volume 38, No.1 of the Bovine Practitioner: a trio of Ayrshire cattle stick their heads through metal slats to graze on hay

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Published

2004-02-01

How to Cite

Larson, R. L., Grotelueschen, D. M., Brooks, K. V., Dargatz, D. A., Ellis, J. A., Hunsaker, B. D., Lewis, S. D., MacGregor, D. S., Smith, R. A., Sprowls, R. W., & Traffas, V. (2004). BVD Decision / Management Guidelines for Beef Veterinarians. The Bovine Practitioner, 38(1), 103–112. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no1p103-112

Issue

Vol. 38, No. 1 (2004 February)

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