Dear Editor-in-Chief of AAS:
The October 2019 issue of AAS had an invited review by
Fischer et al., 2019
. On page 501 the authors misapplied a value from the citation of Walker et al., 2012
, stating that “…54% of cow-calf operations administer antibiotics to prevent illness.” The cited article actually was referring to dairy calf ranches, not beef breeding herds typically considered “cow-calf” operations. The 2 production systems differ significantly in conditions, health challenges, and industry scope, and few beef cow-calf herds would use antibiotics as a routine preventive strategy.LITERATURE CITED
- Invited Review: Nutritional regulation of gut function in dairy calves: From colostrum to weaning..https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2019-01887Appl. Anim. Sci. 2019; 35: 498-510
- Characteristics of dairy calf ranches: Morbidity, mortality, antibiotic use practices, and biosecurity and biocontainment practices..https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-472722459866J. Dairy Sci. 2012; 95: 2204-2214
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Accepted:
December 18,
2019
Received:
December 18,
2019
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