Economic impact associated with respiratory disease in beef cattle.
The data presented consistently demonstrated the cost of BRD from weaning to the packers to be approximately 7% of the total production cost when compared to animals with health respiratory tracts. As a clinician it is distressing to feel that we cannot accurately identify all the animals that require treatment. Greater emphasis must be placed on prevention of BRD.
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University of Nebraska, Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center, Clay Center, USA.
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000191:economics; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D018803:Models, Economic; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D012307:Risk Factors