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

Authors

  • Luciano Bastos Lopes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
  • João Paulo Amaral Haddad Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
  • Cristiano Barros Melo Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
  • Rômulo Cerqueira Leite Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI:

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

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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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Published

2010-10-02

How to Cite

LOPES, Luciano Bastos; HADDAD, João Paulo Amaral; MELO, Cristiano Barros; LEITE, Rômulo Cerqueira. 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: 5 dec. 2025.

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Veterinary Medicine