Respiratory disease in calves

[Danneels]

Respiratory disease is the second leading cause of mortality in dairy calves 0-6 months of age behind diarrhea and may account for at least half of all morbidity and mortality in young calves. The highest incidence of respiratory disease in young dairy calves usually occurs from birth to around 6 months of age. Much of this can be blamed on management factors, such as poor colostrum management at birth or commingling just-weaned calves, putting them at higher risk of disease.

http://agritopics.blogspot.com/2010/...y-disease.html

Do you have also such experience?

[tinknal]

This is not really news to most of the people here. It could be helpful to post this in the sick animal sticky though.

[Karin L]

Most cases of pnuemonia and shipping fever is associated with high levels of stress. It doesn't just happen with young calves, but also weaner calves that just came off the truck to their new home. A lot of the soil can harbor bacteria that are associated with BRD, but its more common with stress factors than other factors like direct contact with other animals, poor colostrum management, etc. Lots of times BRD can be avoided; other times it can't.

[Madsaw]

In my opinion RD is the leading cause of death in calves. Many times its confused with scours. But actually the scours is a secondary infection when the primiary is pneumonia.
Also in places where weather flucuates during season changes you will see a increase in RD.
I have talked about this alot on this board.
Bob

[DJ in WA]

Originally Posted by tinknal

This is not really news to most of the people here. It could be helpful to post this in the sick animal sticky though.

I'm confused. Are new people not supposed to post things that are known by most?

I am one of those "most of the people here" who thought I knew all about this, but I just read the article and learned more than I thought I knew.

Every time I read a topic I already knew about, I learn something.

[tinknal]

Originally Posted by DJ in WA

I'm confused. Are new people not supposed to post things that are known by most?

I am one of those "most of the people here" who thought I knew all about this, but I just read the article and learned more than I thought I knew.

Every time I read a topic I already knew about, I learn something.

By putting it in the sticky it will be available when people need it. This thread will soon drift away and be forgotten.

[copperhead46]

Thats a very good article, thanks for sharing.
P.J.