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Nutritional and dietary interrelationships with diseases of grazing beef cattle
S E Wikse1, T M Craig, D P Hutcheson
1College of Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University, College Station.
Abstract:
This article describes current methods of controlling acute bovine pulmonary emphysema (ABPEE) and edema, lungworm and gastrointestinal nematodes, and bloat in grazing beef cattle. Success in handling outbreaks of these conditions and in their prevention depends on an understanding of their epidemiology and pathogenesis. Supplementation with ionophore antibiotics is effective in prevention of ABPEE and bloat and may also prevent other diseases of cattle that graze lush pastures.