Biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease.
Although biosecurity practices play a role in minimizing respiratory disease in cattle, they must be used in combination with other management strategies that address the many other risk factors. Because the pathogens involved in bovine respiratory disease are enzootic in the general cattle population, biosecurity practices aimed at the complete elimination of exposure are currently impractical. Several animal husbandry and production management practices can be used to minimize pathogen shedding, exposure, and transmission within a given population, however. Various combinations of these control measures can be applied to individual farms to help decrease the morbidity and mortality attributed to respiratory disease.
Callan
Robert J
RJ
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. rcallan@colostate.edu
Garry
Franklyn B
FB
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*