Lung pathology and infectious agents in fatal feedlot pneumonias and relationship with mortality, disease onset, and treatments

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-477

  Fulton, Robert W ^a   Blood, K Shawn ^b   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Payton, Mark E ^a   Ridpath, Julia F ^c   Confer, Anthony W ^a   Saliki, Jeremiah T ^a   Burge, Lurinda T ^a   Welsh, Ronald D ^a   Johnson, Bill J ^a   Reck, Amy ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hitch Enterprises   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Feedlot pneumonias; Infectious agents; Lung pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 2; CORONAVIRUS; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MYCOPLASMA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 67849085004     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100407     Document Type: Article

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