Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Dairy Calf Pneumonia

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 13; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0749-0720(15)30303-0

ISSN

1558-4240

Autores

Trevor R. Ames,

Tópico(s)

Microbial infections and disease research

Resumo

The author discusses the syndrome of respiratory disease in dairy calves, reviewing the disease and the causative agents. Attention is given to the epidemiology of the disease with discussion of morbidity, mortality, proportionate mortality and risk factors associated with dairy calf pneumonia. The economic impact of dairy calf pneumonia is discussed in detail and management options for calf rearing are suggested.

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