Management of bovine respiratory disease in beef stocker calves – an overview of current evidence and recommendations
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most common and costly diseases affecting beef and dairy cattle of all age groups and production classes in North America. Recent studies have shown that BRD affects nursing beef calves on more than 20% of cow-calf operations in the United States and is responsible for more than 90% of all morbidity and mortality on stocker operations.1-3 In feedlots, BRD affects nearly 20% of all animals on feed and is responsible for approximately 75% of all morbidity and 50% of all mortality. Similarly, BRD is estimated to affect more than 22% of all nursing dairy calves and is responsible for approximately 20% of all deaths that occur in this population.4 Moreover, BRD is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in weaned dairy heifers and this single disease syndrome is responsible for nearly 60% of all producer reported deaths in this age group.
Author: Brent Credille
Institution: University of Georgia
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408889870