Bottom Line: ZACTRAN® (gamithromycin) Stops BRD From Hitting Yours.
BRD is waiting for an opportunity
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), commonly known as shipping fever or pneumonia, is a serious condition for beef and dairy producers. In the beef industry, BRD accounts for 75% of feedlot sickness, up to 70% of feedlot deaths and $900 million in annual losses.1-4 As for dairy heifers, BRD accounts for 22.5% of deaths in pre-weaned dairy heifers, 46.5% of deaths in weaned dairy heifers and long-term performance losses.5-9
During weaning, calves are faced with many stressors. This stress can cause immunosuppression in a calf, decreasing its ability to respond to disease-causing pathogens and vaccines, making it even more susceptible to BRD.
And once calves are affected by BRD, there are both immediate and long-lasting effects on health and performance. But you can manage the risk with ZACTRAN. A single administration provides 10-day BRD treatment and control.
How BRD Occurs
1. BRD bacteria reside in the upper respiratory tract of all cattle, even healthy animals.
2. Viral infections and stress from shipping, weaning and other events allow bacteria to accumulate in the lungs.
3. Bacteria colonize and proliferate, causing inflammation, leading to BRD or shipping fever.
PUT BRD BEHIND YOU WITH ZACTRAN® (gamithromycin). AND KEEP MORE OF YOUR HARD-EARNED PROFITS.
ZACTRAN treats all major BRD-causing bacteria.
ZACTRAN is indicated for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni and Mycoplasma bovis.10
ZACTRAN starts killing BRD-causing bacteria within 30 minutes.11*
After you administer ZACTRAN, the broad-spectrum antibiotic rapidly reaches the site of infection — the lungs — where it kills bacteria and stops them from replicating.
*Clinical relevance has not been determined.
With ZACTRAN, you typically see improvement within 24 hours.12**
In a study, cattle treated with ZACTRAN responded within 24 hours. Cattle had lower temperatures, were more alert and were breathing easier.11
**A small percentage of cattle may have already suffered lung damage, and may be too far gone or will require a little longer to turn around.
It provides 10 days of therapy from a single injection.10
ZACTRAN keeps working for 10 days, reducing the time and labor associated with repulls. With less handling, cattle experience less stress — so they can focus on gaining weight.
Treat cattle with one cost-effective dose.
ZACTRAN is competitively priced, and a single dose goes a long way, providing 10 days of BRD treatment or control.
The ZACTRAN Advantage
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Education
Sound Prevention Strategies Help Minimize the Risk of BRD
You can’t control everything on your operation. But you can take preventive steps to protect calves from bovine respiratory disease (BRD), long before you ever reach for antibiotics.
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Investigating the Causes of Respiratory Disease
Time to go back to the scene of the crime and explore a series of questions.
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The Real Cost of Shipping Fever and What You Can Do About It
Initially, when producers think about costs associated with BRD, they think about up-front, tangible losses like mortality or how much it costs to give antibiotics, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.