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The Effect of Weaning Method on Coccidial Infections in Beef Calves by Aaron S. Lucas; William S. Swecker; David S. Lindsay; Guillermo Scaglia; Francois C. Elvinger; Anne M. Zajac is a Immunology and Microbiology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Weaning is often cited as a stressful event that can precipitate clinical coccidiosis in cattle. Recently, two-stage weaning methods have been investigated as a means to reduce stress in calves. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of weaning method on fecal oocyst count (FOC) and Eimeria spp. composition. A group of 108 beef calves (190-240 days of age) were allocated to three treatments on day À7: a fenceline weaned group where calves could see and hear their dams, but were physically separated from them by a fence (FL), a noseclipped group where suckling was prevented (NC), and a group left with their dams to be traditionally weaned (TW) by abrupt separation on day 0. On day 0, noseclips were removed from the NC calves and all groups were completely separated from their dams. The steers (n = 50) were transported 172 km to another farm, and heifers (n = 58) were taken to distant fields on the same farm. Rectal fecal samples were collected from all calves on days À7, 0, and 14. Steers were also sampled on days 7, 28, and 42. A group of steers (n = 24) from each of the treatments previously described were fitted with pedometers and intensively observed on days

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Author

Aaron S. Lucas; William S. Swecker; David S. Lindsay; Guillermo Scaglia; Francois C. Elvinger; Anne M. Zajac

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)