The 2009 BRD Symposium was held Aug. 5-6 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Below are featured videos from the sympsosium, as well as summaries of the presentations. Conference organizer Amelia Woolums, DVM, PhD, University of Georgia, says there were more than 200 veterinarians and researchers in attendance.
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2009 BRDS
Impact of BRD from the perspective of the U.S. beef producer
(8/7/2009)
Elizabeth Parker, DVM, serves as chief veterinarian for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
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North American cattle marketing and BRD
(8/7/2009)
Bob Smith, DVM, MS, Dipl. ABVP, operates Veterinary Research and Consulting Services LLC, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He outlined some of the trends in cattle marketing and how they affect the risk of BRD.
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Impact of BRD from perspective of Canadian beef producer
(8/7/2009)
Kee Jim, DVM. from Feedlot Health Management Services Ltd. in Alberta describes how the costs of BRD go far beyond medical expenses and lost performance.
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A dairy producer’s view of respiratory disease
(8/7/2009)
Bob Patrick, DVM, from Shamrock Animal Health Services Inc. in Georgia, says respiratory disease in dairy calves remains a large problem in the United States.
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Challenges for managing BRD in dairy calves
(8/7/2009)
Amy Stanton, DVM, from Ontario Veterinary College’s Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph, says emphasis on BRD has been focused on early detection of disease and prevention.
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Genetics, environment and BRD
(8/7/2009)
Gary Snowder, PhD, associate director of the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, housed at Texas A&M University, outlines how environmental, stress and immunological factors have synergistic effects on BRD occurrence.
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Disease control on organic and natural cattle operations
(8/7/2009)
As interest grows in certified-organic or natural production, Hubert J. Karreman, VMD, Narvon, Penn., outlined ways veterinarians can help their clients protect animal health while complying with program specifications.
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Veterinary ethics and production diseases
(8/7/2009)
Bernard E. Rollin, PhD, holds dual faculty appointments at Colorado State University’s department of philosophy and College of Veterinary Medicine, and is recognized as a thought leader in ethics as applied to human treatment of animals.
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BRD Research: 1983-2009
(8/7/2009)
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) research has provided significant knowledge and understanding of the disease since a 1983 symposium on the subject.
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Host response to respiratory pathogens
(8/7/2009)
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) involves complex interactions amongst viral and bacterial pathogens that can lead to intense pulmonary inflammation (fibrinous pleuropneumoniae).
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BRD bacterial pathogenesis
(8/7/2009)
Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, Arcanobacterium pyogenes, Mycoplasma bovis, and most recently, Bibersteinia trehalosi, are associated with severe bacterial pneumonia frequently seen in dairy calves (enzootic pneumonia) and in feedlot cattle (shipping fever).
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Update on viral pathogenesis in BRD
(8/7/2009)
BHV-1 and BRSV are very different viruses with very different lifestyles within infected cells.
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Vaccination for respiratory immunity
(8/7/2009)
In the last 20 years there have been tremendous advancements in immunology and biotechnology which are now being utilized to develop novel cattle respiratory vaccines.
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Antimicrobials and BRD
(8/7/2009)
Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics are helpful in drug development and regimen adjustment for refractive or extralabel applications.
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Future cattle health research
(8/7/2009)
To help answer the question about future federal funding for cattle health research, we begin by examining past and current fiscal allocations from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service and USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service for cattle disease activities.
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Future BRD research
(8/7/2009)
BRD costs the U.S. beef producers up to $2 billion in losses annually (University of Arkansas, 2003).
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BRD research needs
(8/7/2009)
There have been numerous significant advances realized through bovine infectious disease research. However, BRD remains a significant disease threat and a cause of tremendous loss.
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BRD losses inconsistent over the years
(8/6/2009)
Del Miles, DVM, MS, Veterinary Research & Consulting Services LLC, Greeley, Colo., says the North American cattle industry has endured many changes throughout the years, but is no doubt encountering some of the most dramatic challenges in history during the first decade of the 21st century.
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