Bovine Respiratory Disease: Looking Back and Looking Forward, What Do We See?

Robert A Smith; Douglas L Step; Amelia R Woolums

doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.009

Bovine Respiratory Disease: Looking Back and Looking Forward, What Do We See?

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2020 Jul;36(2):239-251. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.009.

Authors

Robert A Smith¹, Douglas L Step², Amelia R Woolums³

Affiliations

¹ Veterinary Research and Consulting Services, LLC, 3404 Live Oak Lane, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA.
² Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA, Inc., 12940 North 124th East Avenue, Collinsville, OK 74021, USA.
³ Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 240 Wise Center, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. Electronic address: amelia.woolums@msstate.edu.

PMID: 32451026
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.009

Abstract

Changes in cattle feeding in the twentieth century led to the "Golden Age of Cattle Feeding" on the US High Plains; this was accompanied by recognition that bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the leading cause of feedlot morbidity and mortality. Decades of research have illuminated the multiple viruses and bacteria that contribute to BRD, which led to vaccines and antimicrobials to prevent, treat, and control BRD. Despite these discoveries, feedlot BRD morbidities do not appear to have changed substantially over this time. New technologies are being developed that have the potential to improve accuracy of BRD detection.

Keywords: BRD; Bacteria; Future; History; Management; Virus.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex / diagnosis
Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex / etiology*
Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex / microbiology
Cattle
Dairying / methods
Female
Mannheimia haemolytica / isolation & purification