Metaphylaxis works. Numerous controlled and blinded trials have shown that in high-risk calves arriving at feedlots or stocker operations, mass treatment with an antibiotic significantly reduces BRD sick pulls and mortality. However, as pressure mounts to...

While researchers and the industry work to develop systems to better prevent bovine respiratory disease (BRD), timely treatments with antibiotics will remain a critical tool for minimizing losses associated with morbidity. However, in spite of the best efforts of...