Evaluation of the efficacy of tulathromycin as a metaphylactic antimicrobial in feedlot calves

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-200

  Booker, Calvin W ^a   Abutarbush, Sameeh M ^a   Schunicht, Oliver C ^a   Jim, G Kee ^a   Perrett, Tye ^a   Wildman, Brian K ^a   Guichon, P Timothy ^a   Pittman, Tom J ^a   Jones, Corey ^a   Pollock, Colleen M ^a  

^a Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISACCHARIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MACROLIDE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TILMICOSIN; TULATHROMYCIN; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; RANDOMIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISACCHARIDES; EATING; FEMALE; FEVER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MACROLIDES; MEAT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYLOSIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 38449109977     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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