Liver Abscesses in Feedlot Cattle: A Review

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 287-298

  Nagaraja, T G ^a   Chengappa, M M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Feedlots; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Liver Abscesses; Rumen; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; TYLOSIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GROWTH; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GROWTH; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MEAT; RUMEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TYLOSIN;

EID: 0031613820     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.761287x     Document Type: Review

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