Bovine Respiratory Disease Diagnosis: What Progress Has Been Made in Clinical Diagnosis?

Sébastien Buczinski; Bart Pardon

doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.004

Bovine Respiratory Disease Diagnosis: What Progress Has Been Made in Clinical Diagnosis?

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2020 Jul;36(2):399-423. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.004.

Authors

Sébastien Buczinski¹, Bart Pardon²

Affiliations

¹ Département des Sciences Cliniques, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 Rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada. Electronic address: s.buczinski@umontreal.ca.
² Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.

PMID: 32451033
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.03.004

Abstract

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) complex is a worldwide health problem in cattle and is a major reason for antimicrobial use in young cattle. Several challenges may explain why it is difficult to make progress in the management of this disease. This article defines the limitation of BRD complex nomenclature, which may not easily distinguish upper versus lower respiratory tract infection and infectious bronchopneumonia versus other types of respiratory diseases. It then discusses the obstacles to clinical diagnosis and reviews the current knowledge of readily available diagnostic test to reach a diagnosis of infectious bronchopneumonia.

Keywords: Accuracy; Bronchopneumonia; Diagnosis; Gold standard.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex / diagnosis*
Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex / drug therapy
Bronchopneumonia / diagnosis
Bronchopneumonia / veterinary*
Cattle
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / trends
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / veterinary
Reproducibility of Results

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents