Publications

use of tilmicosin in a severe outbreak of respiratory disease in weaned beef calves.	severe respiratory disease, associated with seroconversion to bovine respiratory syncitial virus (brsv), caused the death of two cattle and necessitated antibiotic treatment of 70 calves (rectal temperature of 39.6 degrees c or greater) from a group of 96 (73%) during an 8-day period. tilmicosin injection resulted in a reduction in median rectal temperature from 40.3 degrees c to 39.2 degrees c and 39.0 degrees c for the first and second days after treatment. the rectal temperature was 39.5 degr ...	1996	8660201
prevalence of pasteurella multocida and other respiratory pathogens in the nasal tract of scottish calves.	the prevalence of pasteurella multocida, a cause of bovine respiratory disease, was studied in a random sample of beef suckler and dairy farms throughout scotland, by means of a cross-sectional survey. a total of 637 calves from 68 farms from six geographical regions of scotland were sampled between february and june 2008. deep nasal swabs were taken, and samples that were culture-positive for p multocida were confirmed by pcr. prevalence of p multocida was 17 per cent (105 of 616 calves); 47 pe ...	2010	21257416