Dealing with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD)

Sarah Higgins, Ruminant & Equine Manager with MSD joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge podcast to talk about Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and its impact.  Sarah outlines what BRD is, how it impacts on animals and what people can do to reduce the impact it has on their herds. Sarah explains that while vaccination from the day of birth against RSV and Pi3 is now possible, this alone is not going to solve respiratory issues on farms and farmers need to take a broader view of trying to limit the effect of the disease. Finally, Sarah spoke about coughing cows and explained that this is in effect another symptom of BRD on farms with increased resistance to lung worm doses a significant causal effect on some farms.  She cautioned that people need to consult with their own veterinary practitioner to develop an appropriate strategy to deal with BRD on their own farms. For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at: https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com