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Descriptor English:

Pneumonia of Calves, Enzootic

Descriptor Spanish:

Neumonía Enzoótica de los Becerros

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pneumonia Enzoótica dos Bezerros

Synonyms English:

Enzootic Pneumonia of Calves

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Definition English:

Chronic endemic respiratory disease of dairy calves and an important component of bovine respiratory disease complex. It primarily affects calves up to six months of age and the etiology is multifactorial. Stress plus a primary viral infection is followed by a secondary bacterial infection. The latter is most commonly associated with PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA producing a purulent BRONCHOPNEUMONIA. Sometimes present are MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS and mycoplasma species.

Indexing Annotation English:

infection: coordinate IM with PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA (IM), MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA (IM) or HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS (IM) only if particularly discussed; check the tag CATTLE

History Note English:

2005

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Record Number:

38602

Unique Identifier:

D048089

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