Acidosis is considered the most important nutritional disorder of beef cattle all around the world with significant economic and welfare implications. In normal conditions, there is a balance between the rumen microbial populations, which leads to an efficient fermentation activity. Mistakes and ...
It is also a time when significant numbers of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats are transported around Indonesia to be slaughtered for the festivals of Ramadan, which ended at the start of this week, and Lebaran, the main feasting time when relatives return to their family homes. The timing ...
A disease that prevents absorption of nutrients, often without symptoms What test is used to identify persistently infected cattle with BVD? PCR test What does PI stand for in the context of BVD? Persistently infected What do external and internal parasites do to cattle?
Antimicrobials are used in beef cattle for the therapeutic treatment of infections caused by bacteria or other microbes. Cattle can be afflicted by a variety of endemic infectious diseases, which may exist ubiquitously in the ranching environment [7]. Endemic pathogens often go unnoticed, but comprom...
2012b). The glycogen storage diseases are metabolic disorders among which type II and V are the most popular in beef cattle. Individuals with these defects show muscle pain and weakness, as well as, problems with motoric condition. Same cases might be even lethal (Citek et al. 2007; O’...
• Other Disease Symptoms Any signs of the following diseases or conditions can lead to an animal being tested for potential chemical residues or to determine fitness for harvest: depression, an elevated or subnormal body temperature, hyperemic skin, congested mucous membranes, dehydration, or poor...
If STECs do cause disease in mature cattle, the most likely candidates are diseases with unclear etiologies such as JHS [13]. Current treatments for JHS include an aggressive medical and surgical therapy that can be effective, but the prognosis for long term survival relies upon early detection...
and farm profitability. Infections spread rapidly in high-density feedlots, and despite herd management procedures, both endemic and exotic diseases can be introduced by importation of diseased animals into the beef production system. Globally, 4.7 million cattle are exported to beef producing countries...
We investigated three bovine respiratory pathobionts in healthy cattle using qPCR optimised and validated to quantify Histophilus somni, Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida over a wide dynamic range. A longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the carriage and density of these bacteria ...
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a foodborne pathogen that causes acute gastroenteritis, leading to severe symptoms such as bloody diarrhea (BD), hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), neurological complications, and even mortality in some cases (Tarr et al., 2005). Ruminants are the ...