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Characterizing Overall Response To Two-Shot Vaccination For Bvdv Type 2 In Angus Weanling Calves, Richard Tait, Erika Downey, Mary Mayes, Julia Ridpath, Dorian Garrick, James Reecy
Characterizing Overall Response To Two-Shot Vaccination For Bvdv Type 2 In Angus Weanling Calves, Richard Tait, Erika Downey, Mary Mayes, Julia Ridpath, Dorian Garrick, James Reecy
Richard G. Tait Jr.
Vaccination is a management strategy utilized to help reduce prevalence of bovine respiratory disease in feedlots. However, not all animals respond similarly to vaccinations. It is believed that an animal’s genetics control part of the ability to respond to a vaccination protocol. In order to evaluate the genetic control of a new trait such as response to vaccination, it is important to understand the non-genetic factors that affect an animal’s response to vaccination. The objective of this study was to characterize the non-genetic factors affecting overall response to a two-shot vaccination for bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 (BVDV2) in …