Lung Ultrasonography to Assess Health in Calves

Purdue Dairy Digest

Today’s episode of the Purdue Dairy Digest talks about the use of lung ultrasonography to assess health in calves. With pneumonia still a large health concern for dairy calves and the risk of pneumonia increasing as we see fluctuations in temperature and humidity, this may be a tool to use to determine the extent of lung damage on farms. Previous research has indicated that lung damage can be predictive of future performance of an animal. Listen to this podcast to learn a little bit more about how to use lung scans to determine health status of calves.