Prophylactic administration of hyperimmune serum when processing feedlot cattle

Authors

  • R. L. Morter Department of Large Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
  • H. A. Amututz Department of Large Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
  • A. J. Roussel Department of Large Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1984no19p45-48

Keywords:

Immune serum, respiratory diseases, feedlot

Abstract

128 steer calves were given a commercially available hyperimmune serum (5 or 10 ml/100 lb body weight, s/c) immediately after processing at a feedlot, and 64 were processed but not treated. Processing included immunization with IBR IPV virus, bovine diarrhoea virus, parainfluenza-3 virus, Haemophilus somnus and clostridial toxoid vaccines. The hyperimmune serum had little or no effect on prevalence of respiratory disease, body weight gain or serological response to the vaccines.

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Published

1984-11-01

How to Cite

Morter, R. L., Amututz, H. A., & Roussel, A. J. (1984). Prophylactic administration of hyperimmune serum when processing feedlot cattle. The Bovine Practitioner, 1984(19), 45–48. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1984no19p45-48

Issue

No. 19 (1984 November)

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