Cattle Vaccination

Question 1

(T/F) There is a set protocol for cattle vaccination.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In food animal vaccination, you want to lower the volume and dose to reduce _______.

Answer 2

immune reaction

Question 3

When looking at an individual for vaccination status, this is immunology. When looking at a herd, it is called __________.

Answer 3

epidemiology

Question 4

Are modified-live or killed vaccines preferred for cattle vaccination?

Answer 4

modified-live

Question 5

Provide two advantages to using modified-live vaccines in cattle.

Answer 5

1. better protection
2. less expensive

Question 6

What is a disadvantage to using modified-live vaccines in cattle?

Answer 6

cannot give pregnant cows

Question 7

Modified-live vaccines to cattle only need to be given once yearly and provide protection using ________ immunity.

Answer 7

humoral

Question 8

Killed vaccines for cattle require two doses and provide protection via ______ immunity only.

Answer 8

cell-mediated

Question 9

What vaccines is “regulatory” used to prevent Brucella abortus in heifers and is free from the state?

Answer 9

RB-51

Question 10

What vaccine is used in only dairy cattle to prevent mastitis?

Answer 10

J5 (R-mutant E. coli)

Question 11

A vaccine for what disease can be given to the dam or the calf? Which method is preferred?

Answer 11

Scours
Preferred: Dam (don’t have to take calf away from mother/colostrum)

Question 12

(T/F) If Scours develops, it is not easily managed and can be life-threatening.

Answer 12

False - easily managed if producer can do treatment

Question 13

Both dairy and beef calves should be vaccinated at 4 weeks of age for _______, protecting against overeating disease which antibodies are not passed through colostrum.

Answer 13

multivalent clostridial (blackleg)

Question 14

(T/F) A 5-way MLV vaccine is given to calves 6-8 weeks of age to protect against these diseases at that time.

Answer 14

False - may not have protection then but will improve antibody response when booster is given at 4 months

Question 15

What risk does IBR in the 5-way booster pose in prebreeding heifers? When do you need to give this vaccine?

Answer 15

Causes oophoritis
Give 30 days before breeding

Question 16

What vaccine should be administered in dairy cows at dry-off, close-up, and at calving?

Answer 16

J-5

Question 17

(T/F) Depending on the herd and producer, you may or may not give beef cattle a H. homnus vaccine.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What vaccine is needed for pre-breeding beef cattle to prevent early embryonic death and infertility?

Answer 18

Vibrio

Question 19

What MLV intranasal vaccine offer immediate, but short-lived immunity in cattle?

Answer 19

IBR

Question 20

When bringing new cattle into a feedlot, when should vaccines first be given? Which two vaccines?

Answer 20

24 hours post-arrival
MLV 5-way & Clostridial 7-way

Question 21

What is the special Lepto vaccine which only prevents against L. harjo, the main strain which causes abortion in cattle?

Answer 21

spirovac

Question 22

While Spirovac is expensive, advantages are that it prevents infection and ________.

Answer 22

shedding

Question 23

Zelnate is an expensive __________ product used in high stress cattle.

Answer 23

immunostimulatory

Question 24

Which cattle vaccine is not effective against disease?

Answer 24

P. multocida

Question 25

In food animal vaccination, you want to lower the volume and dose to reduce _______.

Answer 25

immune reaction

Question 25

What does the “One-Shot” vaccine in beef cattle prevent against?

Answer 25

Mannheimia hemolytica