| Autor: |
Hoffelner J; University Clinics for Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria.; PFI Dr. VET-The Veterinary OG, 8403 Lang, Austria., Peinhopf-Petz W; PFI Dr. VET-The Veterinary OG, 8403 Lang, Austria., Wittek T; University Clinics for Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI [Animals (Basel)] 2024 Aug 08; Vol. 14 (16). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 08. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ani14162311 |
| Abstrakt: |
This study evaluated the significance and predictive value of ultrasonographic and physical examination on arrival at an Austrian fattening farm. Treatment frequency and average daily weight gain (ADG) were related to physical and ultrasonographic examination results. Additionally, the effect of an intranasal vaccination in half of the examined calves was studied. The clinical and ultrasonographic health status 600 calves was recorded at the beginning and end of fattening. Half of the calves received an intranasal vaccination (Bovalto ® Respi Intranasal). Overall, 44.5% showed an abnormal respiratory scoring (RS) and 56.0% showed signs of respiratory diseases in transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS) at arrival on the farm. For both RS and TUS, a categorization between ILL and HEALTHY was conducted. Results showed lower ADG in ILL calves (RS median: 0.93 kg/d; TUS median: 0.96 kg/d) compared to HEALTHY calves (RS median: 1.01 kg/d; TUS median: 1.01 kg/d). The median ADG was lower in not treated and ILL calves (RS median 0.90 kg/d; TUS: 0.93 kg/d) compared to treated and ILL calves (RS median 1.01 kg/d; TUS: 1.02 kg/d). Vaccination did not affect growth performance or occurrence of ILL, though treatment frequency was lower in VAC calves (17.0% in NVAC; 11.3% in VAC). The implementation of examination protocols for respiratory diseases may have a positive impact on production parameters (e.g., treatment frequency and ADG). |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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