How is LPT different than simply killing BRD bacteria with an antibiotic?
It is becoming increasingly understood that BRD is a process more than an event. BRD bacteria (such as Mannheimia haemolytica, Histophilus somni, Pasteurella multocida, and Mycoplasma bovis) release toxins when they grow in the lungs. These toxins produce inflammation that the immune system responds to and tries to heal. Unfortunately, this immune system response involves chemicals that actually make the inflammation worse. In some – if not many – cases of BRD, the inflammation is more damaging to the lungs than the infection itself. The image below shows the vicious cycle of bacterial infection leading to lung inflammation, which leads to even more lung inflammation that can cause irreparable damage to the lungs. Inflammation is a Vicious Cycle • Infection is what bacteria do to the body. Inflammation is the body’s response to that damage. • The body’s normal reaction to bacterial invasion is inflammation. • The healing process involves inflammation. • We can not separate infection fr
