BRD Symposium
Impact of BRD from the perspective of the U.S. beef producer
Elizabeth Parker, DVM, serves as chief veterinarian for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
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North American cattle marketing and BRD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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