Impact of respiratory disease, diarrhea, otitis and arthritis on mortality and carcass traits in white veal calves
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Veterinary Research
- Vol. 9 (1), 79
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-79
Abstract
Little is known on the effects of common calf diseases on mortality and carcass traits in the white veal industry (special-fed veal), a highly integrated production system, currently criticized for the intensive pro- and metaphylactic use of antimicrobials. The objective of the present study was to determine the impact of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), diarrhea, arthritis and otitis on the economically important parameters of mortality, hot carcass weight (HCW), carcass quality, fat cover and meat color. For this purpose, a prospective study on 3519 white veal calves, housed in 10 commercial herds, was conducted. Case definitions were based on clinical observation by the producers and written treatment records were used.Keywords
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