Merial Forum

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD):Current and new approaches to control

Dr Andy ForbesEuropean Technical Services

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Why are we here?

and this…

and this…

Because of this…

A brief (personal) history of BRD

Decade Antibiotics Vaccines (NS)AIDSSpectrum pK

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What has happened to BRD?

Animal Health Research Reviews 10(2); 101-103, 2009. DG Miles

Why is BRD so difficult?

Managementsystems

MagnitudeMixingMovement

CattleAnatomyPhysiologyGenetics

PathogensCommonCommensalsContagious

What can we do about it?

Do researchApply knowledge in the fieldCompareImplement changesMonitorFeedback

Forum content

• Science behind BRD & control

• BRD in main production systems

• Antibiotic use in perspective

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