DOI
https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v7i2.502Abstract
PICO question
In auction market calves at high risk of developing bovine respiratory disease (BRD), does delayed (14–30 days) vaccination with a modified live vaccine (MLV) for viral respiratory pathogens versus administration of MLV on-arrival (within 24 hours of arrival) to the feedlot, result in a decreased percentage of calves with BRD morbidity diagnosed based on visual signs and rectal temperature >40 degrees Celsius?
Clinical bottom line
Category of research question
Treatment
The number and type of study designs reviewed
Two papers were critically reviewed. Both are randomised complete block designs
Strength of evidence
Weak
Outcomes reported
Delaying administration of a modified live respiratory vaccine to feedlot cattle may result in lower BRD retreatments
Conclusion
In feedlot calves, delaying modified live vaccine administration for viral respiratory pathogens may result in lower BRD retreatment rates than cattle receiving the vaccine on arrival to the feedlot. Significant statistical data from one study supported this conclusion while another showed numerically less retreatments in calves vaccinated on arrival versus delayed vaccination
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References
Hagenmaier, J.A., Terhaar, B.L., Blue, K., Hoffman, B.W., Fox, J.T. & Theurer, M.E. (2018). A Comparison of three vaccine programs on the health, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of high-risk feedlot heifers procured from auction-markets. The Bovine Practitioner. 52(2), 120–130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol52no2p120-130
O’Connor, A. & Fajt, V. (2015). Evaluating Treatment Options for Common Bovine Diseases Using Published Data and Clinical Experience. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice. 31(1), 1–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvfa.2014.11.001
Rogers, K.C., Miles, D.G., Renter, D.G., Sears, J.E. & Woodruff, J.L. (2016). Effects of delayed respiratory viral vaccine and/or inclusion of an immunostimulant on feedlot health, performance, and carcass merits of auction-market derived feeder heifers. The Bovine Practitioner. 50(2), 154–164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol50no2p154-164
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