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Sasaki Y, Iki Y, Anan T, Hayashi J, Uematsu M. Economic loss due to treatment of bovine respiratory disease in Japanese Black calves arriving at a backgrounding operation in Miyazaki. J Vet Med Sci 2022; 84:1328-1334. [PMID: 35922905 PMCID: PMC9586029 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study assessed the economic loss due to treatment of bovine respiratory
disease (BRD) in Japanese Black calves that were introduced to a backgrounding operation
from the age of 3 to 4 months until the age of 10 months. The data collected from a
backgrounding operation in Miyazaki, Japan included the records of 2,690 animals entering
the farm from 2013 to 2018. The treatment duration was defined as the number of days from
the beginning to end of treatment. The cost of treatment was defined as the total cost of
treatment during the treatment duration. The average incidence of BRD was 54.6%, and the
relative frequency of calves that had BRD once, twice, and three or more times until they
left the farm was 64.4%, 26.8%, and 8.8%, respectively (total recorded diagnoses of BRD:
2,494). Among the 2,494 recorded diagnoses, the average and median duration of treatment
of BRD was 5.9 days and 3.0 days, respectively. The average and median cost of treatment
was 7,767 and 5,600 Japanese yen, respectively. A prolonged duration of treatment and high
cost of treatment were associated with BRD relapse, steers, and early stage of production
(P<0.05). At the studied farm, the total cost of treatment during
the 6-year study period was 19,658,988 yen, and the annual cost was approximately 3
million yen. In summary, the present study showed that BRD had a large economic impact in
this backgrounding operation.
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- Yosuke Sasaki
- Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Meiji University.,Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki
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- Miyazaki Agricultural Mutual Aid Association
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Multipopulational transcriptome analysis of post-weaned beef cattle at arrival further validates candidate biomarkers for predicting clinical bovine respiratory disease. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23877. [PMID: 34903778 PMCID: PMC8669006 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03355-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains the leading infectious disease in post-weaned beef cattle. The objective of this investigation was to contrast the at-arrival blood transcriptomes from cattle derived from two distinct populations that developed BRD in the 28 days following arrival versus cattle that did not. Forty-eight blood samples from two populations were selected for mRNA sequencing based on even distribution of development (n = 24) or lack of (n = 24) clinical BRD within 28 days following arrival; cattle which developed BRD were further stratified into BRD severity cohorts based on frequency of antimicrobial treatment: treated once (treated_1) or treated twice or more and/or died (treated_2+). Sequenced reads (~ 50 M/sample, 150 bp paired-end) were aligned to the ARS-UCD1.2 bovine genome assembly. One hundred and thirty-two unique differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between groups stratified by disease severity (healthy, n = 24; treated_1, n = 13; treated_2+, n = 11) with edgeR (FDR ≤ 0.05). Differentially expressed genes in treated_1 relative to both healthy and treated_2+ were predicted to increase neutrophil activation, cellular cornification/keratinization, and antimicrobial peptide production. Differentially expressed genes in treated_2+ relative to both healthy and treated_1 were predicted to increase alternative complement activation, decrease leukocyte activity, and increase nitric oxide production. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves generated from expression data for six DEGs identified in our current and previous studies (MARCO, CFB, MCF2L, ALOX15, LOC100335828 (aka CD200R1), and SLC18A2) demonstrated good-to-excellent (AUC: 0.800–0.899; ≥ 0.900) predictability for classifying disease occurrence and severity. This investigation identifies candidate biomarkers and functional mechanisms in at arrival blood that predicted development and severity of BRD.
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In-vitro antibiotic resistance phenotypes of respiratory and enteric bacterial isolates from weaned dairy heifers in California. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0260292. [PMID: 34818352 PMCID: PMC8612539 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial drug (AMD) use for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to be concerning for development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in respiratory and enteric bacteria of cattle. This study aimed to provide data regarding AMR in respiratory isolates, and identify relationships between respiratory and enteric AMD susceptibility, in weaned dairy heifers. A cross-sectional study was performed between June of 2019 and February 2020, on 6 calf rearing facilities in California. Deep nasopharyngeal and rectal swabs were collected from 341 weaned heifers and submitted for selective bacterial culture and AMR testing. Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni were selectively isolated from respiratory samples; Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. were selectively isolated from rectal swabs. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined for selected isolates against 19 AMD. The proportion of resistant isolates was calculated using Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (respiratory) or USDA NARMS (enteric) breakpoints; when no applicable breakpoint was available, the distribution of MIC was described and compared. Association between AMR in a calf’s respiratory isolate and a higher or lower MIC of the matched enteric isolates was determined. More than 50% of P. multocida isolates were resistant to each of 7 AMD commonly used to treat BRD (florfenicol, gamithromycin, tildipirosin, tilmicosin, danofloxacin, enrofloxacin and tetracycline). Resistance in respiratory isolates was only associated with higher matched enteric MIC for gamithromycin and tulathromycin. Multidrug resistance was reported in >70% of P. multocida and M. haemolytica isolates. Antimicrobial resistance, including multidrug resistance, in respiratory isolates appears to be widespread in weaned dairy heifers; this finding has not previously been reported and raises concern for the future efficacy of AMD used to treat respiratory diseases in weaned dairy heifers. Enteric bacterial MIC appear to have limited direct association with respiratory isolate AMR classification.
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Pascual-Garrigos A, Maruthamuthu MK, Ault A, Davidson J, Rudakov G, Pillai D, Koziol J, Schoonmaker JP, Johnson T, Verma MS. On-farm colorimetric detection of Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, and Histophilus somni in crude bovine nasal samples. Vet Res 2021; 52:126. [PMID: 34600578 PMCID: PMC8487530 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-021-00997-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
This work modifies a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect the bovine respiratory disease (BRD) bacterial pathogens Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, and Histophilus somni in a colorimetric format on a farm. BRD causes a significant health and economic burden worldwide that partially stems from the challenges involved in determining the pathogens causing the disease. Methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have the potential to identify the causative pathogens but require lab equipment and extensive sample processing making the process lengthy and expensive. To combat this limitation, LAMP allows accurate pathogen detection in unprocessed samples by the naked eye allowing for potentially faster and more precise diagnostics on the farm. The assay developed here offers 66.7-100% analytical sensitivity, and 100% analytical specificity (using contrived samples) while providing 60-100% concordance with PCR results when tested on five steers in a feedlot. The use of a consumer-grade water bath enabled on-farm execution by collecting a nasal swab from cattle and provided a colorimetric result within 60 min. Such an assay holds the potential to provide rapid pen-side diagnostics to cattle producers and veterinarians.
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- Ana Pascual-Garrigos
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, 175 South University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 465 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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Levi
Davidson
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Tech University,
7671 Evans Drive
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Amarillo
, TX 79106 USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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Pascual-Garrigos A, Maruthamuthu MK, Ault A, Davidson JL, Rudakov G, Pillai D, Koziol J, Schoonmaker JP, Johnson T, Verma MS. On-farm colorimetric detection of Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, and Histophilus somni in crude bovine nasal samples. Vet Res 2021; 52:126. [PMID: 34600578 DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.0c00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
This work modifies a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to detect the bovine respiratory disease (BRD) bacterial pathogens Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, and Histophilus somni in a colorimetric format on a farm. BRD causes a significant health and economic burden worldwide that partially stems from the challenges involved in determining the pathogens causing the disease. Methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have the potential to identify the causative pathogens but require lab equipment and extensive sample processing making the process lengthy and expensive. To combat this limitation, LAMP allows accurate pathogen detection in unprocessed samples by the naked eye allowing for potentially faster and more precise diagnostics on the farm. The assay developed here offers 66.7-100% analytical sensitivity, and 100% analytical specificity (using contrived samples) while providing 60-100% concordance with PCR results when tested on five steers in a feedlot. The use of a consumer-grade water bath enabled on-farm execution by collecting a nasal swab from cattle and provided a colorimetric result within 60 min. Such an assay holds the potential to provide rapid pen-side diagnostics to cattle producers and veterinarians.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana Pascual-Garrigos
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, 175 South University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 465 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Tech University, 7671 Evans Drive , Amarillo , TX, 79106, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 225 S University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W State St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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De Koster J, Tena JK, Stegemann MR. Treatment of bovine respiratory disease with a single administration of tulathromycin and ketoprofen. Vet Rec 2021; 190:e834. [PMID: 34476817 DOI: 10.1002/vetr.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The therapeutic strategy of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) often involves a combination of an antibiotic with an anti-inflammatory agent. Aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of a new combination product containing tulathromycin and ketoprofen for the treatment of naturally occurring BRD. METHODS Two hundred and eighty animals were randomized upon diagnosis of BRD. One hundred forty animals each were treated once subcutaneously with tulathromycin-ketoprofen or tulathromycin. Rectal temperature of each animal was measured at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 24 h post-treatment. Individual respiration and depression scores were determined at 6 h post-treatment. Daily rectal temperature, respiration and depression scores were recorded from day 2 to 14 and on day 21. RESULTS The tulathromycin-ketoprofen and tulathromycin treatment group demonstrated a treatment success rate of 94.2% and 95.0%, respectively and a relapse rate of 3.8% and 4.0%, respectively. Tulathromycin-ketoprofen demonstrated superior pyrexia control compared to tulathromycin within the first 24 h following treatment. Tulathromycin-ketoprofen-treated animals demonstrated faster improvement of their clinical symptoms (respiration and depression score). CONCLUSION Efficacy of tulathromycin-ketoprofen for the treatment of BRD was non-inferior to tulathromycin. The combination product clearly exhibited more pronounced fever control than tulathromycin which is considered beneficial for animal welfare.
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- Jenne De Koster
- Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Zoetis, Zaventem, Belgium
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- Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Zoetis, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Blakebrough-Hall C, Hick P, González LA. Predicting bovine respiratory disease outcome in feedlot cattle using latent class analysis. J Anim Sci 2021; 98:6009030. [PMID: 33247918 PMCID: PMC7755173 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most significant disease affecting feedlot cattle. Indicators of BRD often used in feedlots such as visual signs, rectal temperature, computer-assisted lung auscultation (CALA) score, the number of BRD treatments, presence of viral pathogens, viral seroconversion, and lung damage at slaughter vary in their ability to predict an animal’s BRD outcome, and no studies have been published determining how a combination of these BRD indicators may define the number of BRD disease outcome groups. The objectives of the current study were (1) to identify BRD outcome groups using BRD indicators collected during the feeding phase and at slaughter through latent class analysis (LCA) and (2) to determine the importance of these BRD indicators to predict disease outcome. Animals with BRD (n = 127) were identified by visual signs and removed from production pens for further examination. Control animals displaying no visual signs of BRD (n = 143) were also removed and examined. Blood, nasal swab samples, and clinical measurements were collected. Lung and pleural lesions indicative of BRD were scored at slaughter. LCA was applied to identify possible outcome groups. Three latent classes were identified in the best model fit, categorized as non-BRD, mild BRD, and severe BRD. Animals in the mild BRD group had a higher probability of having visual signs of BRD compared with non-BRD and severe BRD animals. Animals in the severe BRD group were more likely to require more than 1 treatment for BRD and have ≥40 °C rectal temperature, ≥10% total lung consolidation, and severe pleural lesions at slaughter. Animals in the severe BRD group were also more likely to be naïve at feedlot entry and the first BRD pull for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus, Bovine Parainfluenza 3 Virus, and Bovine Adenovirus and have a positive nasal swab result for Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 and Bovine Coronavirus. Animals with severe BRD had 0.9 and 0.6 kg/d lower overall ADG (average daily gain) compared with non-BRD animals and mild BRD animals (P < 0.001). These results demonstrate that there are important indicators of BRD severity. Using this information to predict an animal’s BRD outcome would greatly enhance treatment efficacy and aid in better management of animals at risk of suffering from severe BRD.
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- Claudia Blakebrough-Hall
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Coetzee JF, Cernicchiaro N, Sidhu PK, Kleinhenz MD. Association between antimicrobial drug class selection for treatment and retreatment of bovine respiratory disease and health, performance, and carcass quality outcomes in feedlot cattle. J Anim Sci 2020; 98:5816850. [PMID: 32255182 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Treatment and control of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is predicated on the use of two categories of antimicrobials, namely bacteriostatic drugs that inhibit bacterial growth and replication (STATIC), and bactericidal drugs that kill bacteria in in vitro culture systems (CIDAL). Recently, we reported that initial BRD treatment with a STATIC antimicrobial followed by retreatment with a CIDAL antimicrobial was associated with a higher frequency of multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from field cases of BRD submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that calves administered the same class of antimicrobial for first and second BRD treatment (i.e., CIDAL-CIDAL or STATIC-STATIC) would have improved health and performance outcomes at the feedlot compared to calves that received a different antimicrobial class for retreatment (i.e., STATIC-CIDAL or CIDAL-STATIC). The association between antimicrobial treatments and health, performance, and carcass quality outcomes were determined by a retrospective analysis of 4,252 BRD treatment records from a commercial feedlot operation collected from 2001 to 2005. Data were compared using generalized linear mixed statistical models that included gender, season, and arrival weight as covariates. The mean (±SE) probability of BRD cases identified as requiring four or more treatments compared to three treatments was greater in calves that received STATIC-CIDAL (73.58 ± 2.38%) or STATIC-STATIC (71.32 ± 2.52%) first and second antimicrobial treatments compared to calves receiving CIDAL-CIDAL (50.35 ± 3.46%) first and second treatments (P < 0.001). Calves receiving CIDAL-CIDAL first and second treatments also had an increased average daily gain (1.11 ± 0.03 kg/d) compared to calves receiving STATIC-CIDAL (0.95 ± 0.03 kg/d) and STATIC-STATIC (0.84 ± 0.02 kg/d) treatments (P < 0.001). Furthermore, CIDAL-CIDAL-treated calves had a higher probability of a choice quality grade at slaughter (36.44 ± 4.80%) compared to STATIC-CIDAL calves (28.09 ± 3.88%) (P = 0.037). There was no effect of antimicrobial treatment combination on BRD mortality (P = 0.855) or yield grade (P = 0.240) outcomes. These observations suggest that consideration should be given to antimicrobial pharmacodynamics when selecting drugs for retreatment of BRD. These findings have implications for developing BRD treatment protocols that address both post-treatment production and antimicrobial stewardship concerns.
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- Johann F Coetzee
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Scott MA, Woolums AR, Swiderski CE, Perkins AD, Nanduri B, Smith DR, Karisch BB, Epperson WB, Blanton JR. Whole blood transcriptomic analysis of beef cattle at arrival identifies potential predictive molecules and mechanisms that indicate animals that naturally resist bovine respiratory disease. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227507. [PMID: 31929561 PMCID: PMC6957175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a multifactorial disease complex and the leading infectious disease in post-weaned beef cattle. Clinical manifestations of BRD are recognized in beef calves within a high-risk setting, commonly associated with weaning, shipping, and novel feeding and housing environments. However, the understanding of complex host immune interactions and genomic mechanisms involved in BRD susceptibility remain elusive. Utilizing high-throughput RNA-sequencing, we contrasted the at-arrival blood transcriptomes of 6 beef cattle that ultimately developed BRD against 5 beef cattle that remained healthy within the same herd, differentiating BRD diagnosis from production metadata and treatment records. We identified 135 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using the differential gene expression tools edgeR and DESeq2. Thirty-six of the DEGs shared between these two analysis platforms were prioritized for investigation of their relevance to infectious disease resistance using WebGestalt, STRING, and Reactome. Biological processes related to inflammatory response, immunological defense, lipoxin metabolism, and macrophage function were identified. Production of specialized pro-resolvin mediators (SPMs) and endogenous metabolism of angiotensinogen were increased in animals that resisted BRD. Protein-protein interaction modeling of gene products with significantly higher expression in cattle that naturally acquire BRD identified molecular processes involving microbial killing. Accordingly, identification of DEGs in whole blood at arrival revealed a clear distinction between calves that went on to develop BRD and those that resisted BRD. These results provide novel insight into host immune factors that are present at the time of arrival that confer protection from BRD.
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- Matthew A. Scott
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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