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Extreme temp = sick calves
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver" data-source="post: 1472143" data-attributes="member: 12520"><p>I think it has been well proven that the only time antibiotics create resistance is when they do not complete the job they were intended to do. As in, if you take antibiotics for say, strep throat, but you start feeling well before your prescription is complete so you quit taking them. If you didn't completely kill the bacteria and get a relapse those bacteria will adapt and become stronger. So giving antibiotics as a prophylactic is far less harmful in the grand scheme of things than not giving enough when they actually get sick. </p><p>And back to the feedlot scenario, calves being constantly fed low doses of antibiotic in their feed to accelerate weight gain is where the legitimate problem is, not with the poor soul protecting his investment. I think the optics of a herd dying of BRD would play quite poorly in media situation, in which case the question would undoubtedly be raised: "Why weren't those poor animals treated?"</p><p>I can't imagine any responsible animal owner considering this a bad idea, quite the opposite actually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver, post: 1472143, member: 12520"] I think it has been well proven that the only time antibiotics create resistance is when they do not complete the job they were intended to do. As in, if you take antibiotics for say, strep throat, but you start feeling well before your prescription is complete so you quit taking them. If you didn't completely kill the bacteria and get a relapse those bacteria will adapt and become stronger. So giving antibiotics as a prophylactic is far less harmful in the grand scheme of things than not giving enough when they actually get sick. And back to the feedlot scenario, calves being constantly fed low doses of antibiotic in their feed to accelerate weight gain is where the legitimate problem is, not with the poor soul protecting his investment. I think the optics of a herd dying of BRD would play quite poorly in media situation, in which case the question would undoubtedly be raised: "Why weren't those poor animals treated?" I can't imagine any responsible animal owner considering this a bad idea, quite the opposite actually. [/QUOTE]
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