Efficacy of Corticosteroids as Supportive Therapy for Bronchial Pnuemonia in Yearling Feedlot Cattle

Authors

  • B. M. Christie Box 1761, Hereford, Texas 79045
  • R. E. Pierson College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • P. M. Braddy College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • D. E. Flack College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • D. P. Horton College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • R. Jensen College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • E. A. Lee College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • E. E. Remmenga College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
  • K. G. Rutt College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1977no12p115-117

Keywords:

cattle, respiratory diseases

Abstract

Respiratory diseases cause more fatalities to feedlot cattle than all other diseases combined (1). Conventional treatment for bacterial pneumonias usually consists of antibiotics and/or sulfonamides. Rationale for supportive therapy in the treatment of pneumonia lacks scientific basis and proof. One of the most controversial drugs for supportive therapy are corticosteroids. The purpose of this paper is to report on the efficacy of dexamethasone,a a potent synthetic anti-inflammatory corticosteroid when used with antibiotics and sulfonamides in Shipping Fever pneumonia of yearling feedlot cattle.

Cover image of the 12th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of two women standing in front of the the Old Courthouse which is framed by the St. Louis Arch. The journal title and AABP logo are placed in the upper righthand corner and the 10th annual conference information at the bottom.

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Published

1977-11-01

How to Cite

Christie, B. M., Pierson, R. E., Braddy, P. M., Flack, D. E., Horton, D. P., Jensen, R., Lee, E. A., Remmenga, E. E., & Rutt, K. G. (1977). Efficacy of Corticosteroids as Supportive Therapy for Bronchial Pnuemonia in Yearling Feedlot Cattle. The Bovine Practitioner, 1977(12), 115–117. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1977no12p115-117

Issue

No. 12 (1977 November)

Section

Clinical Reports