Use of metaphylactic protocols based on the risk to develop bovine respiratory diseases in feedlot cattle

ABSTRACT: Bovine respiratory diseases (BRD) affect production rates negatively because it compromise health and well-being of the affected animal. The hypothesis of this study was that the use of metaphylactic protocols based on the risk to develop BRD would reduce morbidity and pulmonary lesions. F...

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Main Authors: Layane Queiroz Magalhães, Anderson Lopes Baptista, Pedro de Almeida Fonseca, Guilherme Lobato Menezes, Geison Morel Nogueira, Selwyn Arlington Headley, Juliana Torres Tomazi Fritzen, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, João Paulo Elsen Saut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000800454&lng=en&tlng=en