Lung Protection Therapy
Lung Protection Therapy: the Future of BRD Treatment
Lung Protection Therapy (LPT) is a simple respiratory disease treatment strategy to protect bovine lungs. It involves two aspects:
- An antibiotic to kill or inhibit the disease-causing bacteria and
- A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to reduce the inflammation that leads to lung damage.
A Two-Pronged Strategy
The inflammation (the body’s response to infection) is a major contributor to lung damage. Once inflammation begins, it creates a vicious cycle of more and more inflammation, more and more lung damage.
That’s why an antibiotic alone is not enough. Also needed is the simultaneous control of inflammation via a NSAID.
Cattle Lungs Can't Afford Infection
Bovine lungs have 30% the capacity of equine lungs, yet cattle have 250% the oxygen requirement of horses.
Shortcomings of the Bovine Respiratory System
This capacity/oxygen requirement ratio makes bovine lungs highly susceptible to bacterial infection and lung damage. And the animals cannot afford to sacrifice even a small portion of lung to inflammation, lesions and consolidation. Without healthy lungs, cattle cannot perform to their potential and may become both a management and financial liability.
Reduction in ADG (lb)
Lung Protection Therapy with RESFLOR GOLD can help. In a single dose, RESFLOR GOLD treats both the bacterial cause of the infection and the fever and inflammation that result from bacterial infection, which can happen fast.
Median Percentage Lung Consolidation (%)
Administer RESFLOR GOLD at the first signs of BRD, for peace of mind and profitability.
Summary
- LPT is enhanced lung protection.
- BRD can cause irreversible lesions in the lungs, which affects both the growth of calves and their carcass quality.
- LPT combines both an antibiotic and a NSAID in the treatment of BRD.
- LPT is a treatment strategy designed to preserve lung function in one step:
- Treats infections due to common BRD bacteria
- Rapidly reduces inflammation
- Optimizes oxygen transfer across the lungs
- Provides a visibly faster recovery by rapidly reducing fever
- Preserving the lung function of calves may reduce the economic losses associated with BRD.
Use LPT in BRD.
