Understanding Bovine Viral Diarrhea in Beef Herds

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Date of Publication
January 25, 2022
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Overview

Bovine viral diarrhea may affect the respiratory, immune, nervous, blood or circulatory, and reproductive systems of cattle. In some cases, cattle are infected for only a short time and either recover or die. In other cases, cattle become persistently infected. Learn how this disease affects beef herds and how it should be managed. (2 pages)

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