Does control of bovine viral diarrhoea infection make economic sense?
All control options offered considerable savings compared with the cost of BVD infection, and control is economically favourable. Uncertainty over the likely efficacy of the control options under field conditions in New Zealand would not allow a firm choice of one option over another at this stage, and more work on determining the efficacy of those control options in New Zealand is needed.
Further investigation of oral, intravenous or combined atropine sulfate treatment may clarify its position as an alternative to pyloromyotomy.