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Table 6.1: Disease variables considered in models for weight, height, and risk of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) Disease event Clinical Signs BRD Dull and listless with a rectal temperature > 39.5°C, and/or elevated respiratory rate and/or nasal discharge Scours Feces are soft and do not hold form Otitis media One or both ears are drooping or head is tilted and calf is unable to correct position Lameness Abnormal gait with unknown cause Navel ill Navel is swollen or tender in newborn calf 152
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AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF MANA
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differences in weight gain or calf
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3.2.2 Experimental Study Design 68
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7.4.5 Culling and mortality prior t
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Table 6.5: Reasons for death loss a
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and season as fixed effects and for
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, which requires that “all calves
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ehaviour of dams challenged with LP
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In cattle, early disease detection
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increased rest and decreased appeti
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1.4.2 Nutritional Stressors Dairy c
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humans, the metabolic rate increase
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Without human intervention, calves
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average group size of three or four
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al., 2004). Group composition and g
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first is the addition of antibiotic
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viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) bovine
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1.7 CONCLUSION AND THESIS OBJECTIVE
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Buhman, M. J., L. J. Perino, M. L.
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Hemsworth, P. H., G. J. Coleman, J.
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Schein, M. W. and M. H. Fohrman. 19
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Waltner-Toews, D., S. W. Martin and
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ehavioural observations ( Borderas,
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and had access to ad libitum calf s
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may indicate abdominal discomfort,
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identified in 5% (40/788) of calves
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of diarrhea in calves on this farm
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The most common response to the vig
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at any observation period. For this
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3 was associated with lower ADG rel
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of heifers to allow them to calve a
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2.5 REFERENCES Al-Chaer, E. D. & Tr
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Panivivat, R., Kegley, E. B., Penni
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Table 2.2: List of exclusions used
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Table 2.4: The lsmeans ± S.E. of t
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Figure 2.1: Timeline describing tri
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Proportion of calves performing beh
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in a lower rate of vocalizations an
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sites. During the summer months bot
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treatment and weight gain category.
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pre-weaning calf starter intake, an
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Calves spent a total of 13 ± 6 (me
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calves were still allowed access to
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It was hypothesized that the more t
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calves to consume sufficient calf s
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Table 3.1: Descriptive list of obse
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Number of steps per day 7000 6000 5
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Number of lying bouts per day 35 30
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Weight gain (kgs) first 7 days post
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The concept of separating stressors
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were bedded with straw. While house
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4.2.5 Data Collection Calf starter
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4.3 RESULTS enrolment. On average,
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4.3 DISCUSSION There was no effect
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4.4 REFERENCES Chua, B., E. Coenen,
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Page 125 and 126: 5.4.3 Growth Three calves returned
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strategic antimicrobial use was met
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Specifically, How can disease sever
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Does transportation, initial social
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