Methods to improve the health of cattle in the tropics: conclusions and economic appraisal. Academic Article

abstract

• The results of the immune responses of immunised and chemoprophylactically treated calves to tick-borne (Boophilus microplus) challenge indicate that the system of immunisation was effective in protecting cattle against Anaplasma marginale, Babesia argentina (bovis), and B. bigemina. However, chemoprophylaxis was effective only against Babesia spp. but not against A. marginale. Both methods showed a substantial advantage over no control system when using native cattle breeds in a zone endemic for bovine anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Based on the net economic gain per calf starting the experiment, sizeable differences were noted at 308 days between the calves in the immunised group, chemoprophylaxis group, tick and gastrointestinal parasite control group and the experiment control group.

authors

• Adams, Leslie

published proceedings

• Trop Anim Health Prod

author list (cited authors)

• Thompson, K. C., Todorovic, R. A., Mateus, G., & Adams, L. G.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Thompson, KC||Todorovic, RA||Mateus, G||Adams, LG

publication date

• August 1978

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Tropical Animal Health and Production  Journal

keywords

• Anaplasmosis
• Animals
• Babesiosis
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases
• Colombia
• Economics
• Parasitic Diseases
• Parasitic Diseases, Animal

PubMed Central ID

• 705891

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF02235326

start page

• 141

end page

• 144

volume

• 10

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02235326

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being