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. 2013 Jun;54(6):559-64.

Survey of western Canadian beef producers regarding calf-hood diseases, management practices, and veterinary service usage

Cheryl Waldner  1 , Murray D Jelinski, Katelyn McIntyre-Zimmer
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Survey of western Canadian beef producers regarding calf-hood diseases, management practices, and veterinary service usage

Cheryl Waldner et al. Can Vet J. 2013 Jun.

Abstract
in English, French

Cow-calf producers in western Canada were surveyed in June 2010 regarding calf-hood diseases and veterinary service usage; 310 producers responded. Use of veterinary services, particularly herd-health related services, increased with herd size as did neonatal diarrhea and clostridial vaccine usage. Administration of clostridial vaccines to pregnant dams before calving was associated with a reduction in neonatal diarrhea treatments; however, there was no association between neonatal diarrhea vaccine usage and a reduction in diarrhea treatments. Producers with > 220 breeding females were more likely than those with < 85 breeding females to seek veterinary advice regarding treating sick calves, have a veterinarian necropsy dead calves, have a veterinarian pregnancy check their bred females, and evaluate their herd bulls for breeding soundness.

Sondage auprès des producteurs de bovins de boucherie canadiens concernant les maladies des veaux, les pratiques de gestion et l’usage des services vétérinaires. Un sondage a été réalisé en juin 2010 auprès d’éleveurs-naisseurs de l’Ouest canadien sur les maladies des veaux et l’usage des services vétérinaires; 310 producteurs ont répondu. L’usage des services vétérinaires, particulièrement les services associés à la santé du troupeau, augmentait en fonction de la taille du troupeau, tout comme la diarrhée néonatale et l’usage du vaccin clostridial. L’administration de vaccins clostridiaux aux vaches gravides avant le vêlage a été associée à une réduction des traitements de la diarrhée néonatale; cependant, il n’y avait aucune association entre l’usage de vaccins néonataux et une réduction des traitements de la diarrhée. Il était plus probable que les producteurs ayant > 220 femelles reproductrices obtiennent des conseils vétérinaires concernant le traitement des veaux malades, demandent à un vétérinaire de réaliser une nécropsie des veaux morts, aient une consultation gestationnelle avec un vétérinaire pour les femelles accouplées et évaluent les taureaux du troupeau pour l’aptitude à l’utilisation comme reproducteur que les producteurs ayant < 85 femelles d’élevage.(Traduit par Isabelle Vallières).

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