Reducing antibiotic use: Selective metaphylaxis with florfenicol in commercial feedlots

Livestock Science

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Gonzalez Martin J V ^a,b   Elvira, L ^a   Cervino Lopez M ^c,d   Perez Villalobos N ^a   Calvo Lopez Guerrero E ^c   Astiz, S ^c,e  

^a TRIALVET SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health   (Spain)

^d Boehringer Ingelheim SCV   (Spain)

^e INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Bovine respiratory disease; Florfenicol; Metaphylactic use; Reduced antibiotic use

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 80053589998     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Babcock A.H., Renter D.G., White B.J., Dubnicka S.R., Scott H.M. Temporal distributions of respiratory disease events within cohorts of feedlot cattle and associations with cattle health and performance indices. Prev. Vet. Med. 2010, 97(3-4):198-219.
2. Booker C.W., Jim G.K., Guichon P.T., Schunicht O.C., Thorlaksn B.E., Lockwood P.W. Evaluation of florfenicol for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in feedlot calves in western Canada. Can. Vet. J. 1997, 38:555-560.
3. Booker C.W., Schunicht O.C., Guichon P.T., Jim G.K., Wildman B.K., Pittman T.J., Perrett T. An evaluation of the metaphylactic effect of ceftiofur crystalline free Acid in feedlot calves. Vet. Ther. 2006, 7:257-274.
4. Booker C.W., Abutarbush S.M., Schunicht O.C., Jim G.K., Perrett T., Wildman B.K., Guichon P.T., Pittman T.J., Jones C., Pollock C.M. Evaluation of the efficacy of tulathromycin as a metaphylactic antimicrobial in feedlot calves. Vet. Ther. 2007, 8(3):183-200.
5. Bruce N., Pope D., Stanistreet D. Prevention strategies and evaluation of screening. Quantitative Methods for Health Research: a Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics 2009, 433-464. Wiley-Interscience, Great Britain. N.J. Hoboken (Ed.).
6. Bryant L.K., Perino L.J., Griffin D., Doster A.R., Wittum T.E. A method for recording pulmonary lesions of beef calves at slaughter, and the association of lesions with average daily gain. Bov Prac. 1999, 33(2):163-173.
7. Catry B., Duchateau L., Van de Ven J., Laevens H., Opsomer G., Haesebrouck F., De Kruif A. Efficacy of metaphylacticflorfenicol therapy during natural outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease. J. Vet. Pharmacol. Ther. 2008, 31(5):479-487.
8. Cerviño, M., 2009. [Study on the systemic and local response and on the specific antibody production of two types of polyclostridial vaccines administered to beef calves at arrival to feedlot.] Estudio de la respuesta local y sistémica, e inducción de anticuerpos específicos de dos tipos de vacunas policlostridiales aplicadas en un programa de entrada en ganado bovino de cebo. Thesis, (PhD). University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).
9. Cusack P.M. Effect of mass medication with antibiotics at feedlot entry on the health and growth rate of cattle destined for the Australian domestic market. Aust. Vet. J. 2004, 82:154-156.
10. De Haas V., Etoré F., Bonnier M., Calvo E., Miotto L., Cloet P.R., Morris F., Montgomery A., Franz N., Van De Ven J. Incidencia y sensibilidad de los principales agentes patógenos del Síndrome Respiratorio Bovino en Europa. International Symposium Proceedings held in conjunction with XXIV World Buiatric Congress. Nice, France 15-19th October 2006, 33-40.
11. Edwards T.A. Control methods for bovine respiratory disease for feedlot cattle. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2010, 26(2):273-284.
12. EMA/CVMP/768405/ Hiprabovis IBR Marker Live 2010, EPARAvailable at. http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/veterinary/medicines/000158/vet_med_000226.jsp&murl=menus/medicines/medicines.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001fa1c&jsenabled=true.
13. Galyean M.L., Gunter S.A., Malcolm-Callis K.J. Effects of arrival medication with tilmicosin phosphate on health and performance of newly received beef cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 1995, 73:1219-1226.
14. Godinho K.S., Wolf R.M., Sherington J., Rowan T.G., Sunderland S.J., Evans N.A. Efficacy of tulathromycin in the treatment and prevention of natural outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease in European cattle. Vet. Ther. 2005, 6:122-135.
15. Guichon P.T., Booker C.W., Jim G.K. Comparison of two formulations of oxytetracycline given prophylactically to reduce the incidence of bovine respiratory disease in feedlot calves. Can. Vet. J. 1993, 34:736-741.
16. Harland R.J., Jim G.K., Guichon P.T., Townsend H.G., Janzen E.D. Efficacy of parenteral antibiotics for disease prophylaxis in feedlot calves. Can. Vet. J. 1991, 32:163-168.
17. Jim G.K., Booker C.W., Guichon P.T., Schunicht O.C., Wildman B.K., Johnson J.C., Lockwood P.W. Comparison of florfenicol and tilmicosin for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in feedlot calves in western Canada. Can. Vet. J. 1999, 40:179-184.
18. Johnson J.C., Bryson W.L., Barringer S., Hunsaker B.D. Evaluation of on-arrival versus prompted metaphylaxis regimes using ceftiofur crystalline free acid for feedlot heifers at risk of developing bovine respiratory disease. Vet. Ther. 2008, 9:53-62.
19. Kilgore W.R., Spensley M.S., Sun F., Nutsch R.G., Rooney K.A., Skogerboe T.L. Clinical effectiveness of tulathromycin, a novel triamilide antimicrobial, for the control of respiratory disease in cattle at high risk for developing bovine respiratory disease. Vet. Ther. 2005, 6(2):136-142.
20. Morck D.W., Merrill J.K., Thorlakson B.E., Olson M.E., Tonkinson L.V., Costerton J.W. Prophylactic efficacy of tilmicosin for bovine respiratory tract disease. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1993, 202:273-277.
21. Nickell J.S., White B.J. Metaphylactic antimicrobial therapy for bovine respiratory disease in stocker and feedlot cattle. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2010, 26(2):285-301.
22. Nickell J.S., White B.J., Larson R.L., Blasi D.A., Renter D.G. Comparison of short-term health and performance effects related to prophylactic administration of tulathromycin versus tilmicosin in long-hauled, highly stressed beef stocker calves. Vet. Ther. 2008, 9:147-156.
23. Panciera R.J., Confer A.W. Pathogenesis and pathology of bovine pneumonia. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2010, 26(2):191-214.
24. Preto A., Neves N. New method for classification of lung lesions associated with bovine respiratory disease. Procc. XXV World Buiatrics Congress 2008, 297. Budapest.
25. Rooney K.A., Nutsch R.G., Skogerboe T.L., Weigel D.J., Gajewski K., Kilgore W.R. Efficacy of tulathromycin compared with tilmicosin and florfenicol for the control of respiratory disease in cattle at high risk of developing bovine respiratory disease. Vet. Ther. 2005, 6:154-166.
26. Schaefer A.L., Cook N.J., Church J.S., Basarab J., Perry B., Miller C., Tong A.K.W. The use of infrared thermography as an early indicator of bovine respiratory disease complex in calves. Res. Vet. Sci. 2007, 83:376-384.
27. Schumann F.J., Janzen E.D., McKinnon J.J. Prophylactic tilmicosin medication of feedlot calves at arrival. Can. Vet. J. 1990, 31:285-288.
28. Schumann F.J., Janzen E.D., McKinnon J.J. Prophylactic medication of feedlot calves with tilmicosin. Vet. Rec. 1991, 128:278-280.
29. Schunicht O.C., Guichon P.T., Booker C.W., Jim G.K., Wildman B.K., Hill B.W., Ward T.I., Bauck S.W., Jacobsen J.A. A comparison of prophylactic efficacy of tilmicosin and a new formulation of oxytetracycline in feedlot calves. Can. Vet. J. 2002, 43:355-362.
30. Smith R.A., Stokka G.L., Radostits O.M., Griffin D.D. Health and production management in beef feedlots. Herd Health: Food Animal Production Medicine 2001, 581-633. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia. O.M. Radostits (Ed.).
31. Step D.L., Engelken T., Romano C., Holland B., Krehbiel C., Johnson J.C., Bryson W.L., Tucker C.M., Robb E.J. Evaluation of three antimicrobial regimens used as metaphylaxis in stocker calves at high risk of developing bovine respiratory disease. Vet. Ther. 2007, 8:136-147.
32. Sweiger S.H., Nichols M.D. Control methods for bovine respiratory disease in stocker cattle. Vet. Clin. N. Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2010, 26(2):261-271.
33. Van Donkersgoed J. Meta-analysis of field trials of antimicrobial mass medication for prophylaxis of bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle. Can. Vet. J. 1992, 33:786-795.
34. Van Donkersgoed J., Berg J., Hendrick S. Comparison of florfenicol and tulathromycin for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in Alberta feedlot calves. Vet. Ther. 2008, 9(4):275-281.
35. Van Donkersgoed J., Merrill J., Hendrick S. Comparative efficacy of tilmicosin versus tulathromycin as a metaphylactic antimicrobial in feedlot calves at moderate risk for respiratory disease. Vet. Ther. 2008, 9(4):291-297.
36. Vogel G.J., Laudert S.B., Zimmermann A., Guthrie C.A., Mechor G.D., Moore G.M. Effects of tilmicosin on acute undifferentiated respiratory tract disease in newly arrived feedlot cattle. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1998, 212:1919-1924.
37. World Health Organization WHO Global principles for the containment of antimicrobial resistance in animals intended for food. Report of a WHO Consultation with the Participation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Office International des Epizooties, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-9 June 2000 2000, WHO, Geneva, Available at. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2000/WHO_CDS_CSR_APH_2000.4.pdf.
38. World Organisation for Animal Health, World Health Organization, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Joint FAO/OIE/WHO 2nd Workshop on Non-human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance: Management Options, 15-18 March 2004, Oslo, Norway 2004, Available at. http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/en/exec.pdf.