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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"BRDC"”.
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A MULTIMODAL CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX (BRDC) IN DAIRY CALVES
… (BP), or Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (BRDC), to date is still difficult to diagnose due to the multifactorial nature of its etiopathogenesis and aspecificity of clinical symptomatology. In this research project, four studies were conducted to investigate various aspects of BRDC, the …
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Lung auscultation as a predictor of lung lesions and bovine respiratory disease outcome in feed yard cattle
Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) is the most common, and costly, disease in feed yard cattle. A review of the literature shows a correlation between the diagnosis of BRDC ante-mortem and respiratory lesions at slaughter. The objectives of the studies reported here were to: 1) validate a …
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Evaluating the Use of Ductile Envelope Connectors for Improved Blast Protection of Buildings
… of the blast resistant ductile connector (BRDC) was assessed by applying principals of conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, and a generalized single degree of freedom dynamics model. A transient nonlinear finite element model was employed to verify the results. Selected BRDC …
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Assessing the performance of public sector institutions in Zimbabwe: a case study approach
… and the Beitbridge Rural District Council (BRDC) in particular, between 1993 and 2002. Specific focus was on the BRDC’s effort to enhance democratic participation and empower local communities; its performance in providing services of a local nature; and the level of performance of its …
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Evaluation of By-product Feedstuffs, Level of Concentrate, and Selenium and Vitamin E Injections on Performance and Health of Beef Calves in Backgrounding Systems
… especially bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC). Backgrounding cattle post-weaning and prior to feedlot entry may alleviate some of the more common stresses and typically diminished feed intake. Five trials were conducted with a total of 228 weaned calves to evaluate different backgrounding …