The effect of treatment with long-acting antibiotic at postweaning movement on respiratory disease and on growth in commercial dairy calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 574-581

  Stanton, A L ^a   Kelton, D F ^a   LeBlanc, S J ^a   Millman, S T ^b   Wormuth, J ^c   Dingwell, R T ^a   Leslie, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CY Heifer Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Heifer; Respiratory disease; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISACCHARIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TULATHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISACCHARIDES; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEANING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77949280798     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2414     Document Type: Article

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