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Review
. 2002 Mar;18(1):57-77.
doi: 10.1016/s0749-0720(02)00004-x.

Biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease

Robert J Callan  1 , Franklyn B Garry
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Review

Biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease

Robert J Callan et al. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

Although biosecurity practices play a role in minimizing respiratory disease in cattle, they must be used in combination with other management strategies that address the many other risk factors. Because the pathogens involved in bovine respiratory disease are enzootic in the general cattle population, biosecurity practices aimed at the complete elimination of exposure are currently impractical. Several animal husbandry and production management practices can be used to minimize pathogen shedding, exposure, and transmission within a given population, however. Various combinations of these control measures can be applied to individual farms to help decrease the morbidity and mortality attributed to respiratory disease.

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