EFFECT OF THE SEROLOGICAL PROFILE FOR BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA ON CULLING RATES IN DAIRY HERDS

Authors

  • Luciano Bastos Lopes UFMG
  • João Paulo Amaral Haddad UFMG
  • Cristiano Barros Melo UNB
  • Rômulo Cerqueira Leite UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i3.6174

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

Some infectious diseases are potentially capable of compromising the viability of an economically sustainable milk production. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between the seropositivity status of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) in 240 comercial herds and culling rates. To quantify the effects of BVD virus (BVDV) infection on culling rates, the variables were included on multiple generalizaded linear models. According to the results of this study, seropositivity decreased culling rates in positive herds. Presence of antibodies due to natural infection had a protector effect against involuntary culling rates showing the herd immunity effect.

KEYWORDS: Antibody, bovine viral diarrhea, cattle, culling, epidemiology.

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Author Biographies

Luciano Bastos Lopes, UFMG

Doutor em Ciência Animal - Medicina Veterináia Preventiva

João Paulo Amaral Haddad, UFMG

Doutor pela University of Prince Edward Island, Canadá

Cristiano Barros Melo, UNB

Doutor em Ciencia Animal pela UFMG

Published

2010-10-02

How to Cite

LOPES, L. B.; HADDAD, J. P. A.; MELO, C. B.; LEITE, R. C. EFFECT OF THE SEROLOGICAL PROFILE FOR BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA ON CULLING RATES IN DAIRY HERDS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 3, p. 700–704, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i3.6174. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/6174. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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Veterinary Medicine

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