Evaluation of three antimicrobial regimens used as metaphylaxis in stocker calves at high risk of developing bovine respiratory disease

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Step, D L ^a   Engelken, Terry ^b   Romano, Cristina ^c   Holland, Ben ^a   Krehbiel, Clint ^a   Johnson, John C ^d   Bryson, W Lawrence ^d   Tucker, Cassius M ^d   Robb, Edward J ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DISACCHARIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; TULATHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DISACCHARIDES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748924530     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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