BRD causes an estimated $800 million to $900 million annually in economic losses from death, reduced feed efficiency, and treatment costs.³ Cattle that do recover after treatment will still contribute to economic losses due to lower performance.

A university study¹ demonstrated that trace mineral supplementation as part of a vaccination protocol tended to result in increased antibody titer response and enhanced cell mediated and humoral immune response to vaccines. Greater vaccination success should lead to improved protection against BRD and reduced treatments.

University research results¹ showed cattle given supplementation of trace minerals by Multimin 90 injection, at the same time as vaccines, had stronger immune response and tended to have a greater percentage of the herd responding to the vaccine, as measured by antibody titer levels. More cattle responding to vaccinations means better ROI from your vaccines.

Most producers, however, do not measure antibody levels to determine vaccine success. A separate study² challenged calves with BVDV-2 and IBR to induce illness. The endoscopic images in the video below were captured to compare the clinical effects of the challenged calves following intranasal and booster vaccine with and without trace mineral supplementation by Multimin 90 injection. The video below shows footage of the airways of challenged calves with and without Multimin 90 treatment.