Large Animal Vaccine Strategies Flashcards
Herd health components
- biosecurity
- management
- vaccination program
Biosecurity
Measures that you take on your farm to limit exposure to disease
- quarantine
- testing and culling
- introduction of new genetics from known/safe sources
Vaccination does not always equal ______
Immunizaiton
Factors that influence a vaccination program
- economics
- location (exposure)
- management
Crucial aspects of vaccine use
- correct administration
- quality assurance
- following the instructions
- timing more important than product
Administering cattle vaccinations
Follow BQA guidelines
- split vaccines on each side of the animal
- use sub q over IM
- use lower doses
- MLV products go low
Killed vaccines
- relatively stable
- require an adjuvant
- stimulate humoral response via antibody production
- booster response
- good protection for extracellular pathogens
Modified live vaccines
- require careful handling
- rapid long lasting protection
- stimulate cell mediated immunity
- better for intracellular pathogens
- booster not required
Vaccine handling
- keep refrigerated
- change needles frequently (10-15 head)
- MLV: sensitive to UV light, temp, disinfectants
- change needle before refilling syringe
Vaccine failures
Perception of failure: disease was incubating, misdiagnosis, no time for protective immune response
- problem with vaccine
- how it was administered
- host did not respond properly: maternal antibody blockage, immune suppression
Prevention of infection
Products able to prevent all colonization or replication of the challenge organism in vaccinated and challenged animals
Prevention of disease
Products shown to be highly effective in preventing clinical disease in vaccinated and challenged animals
Aid in disease prevention
Prevent disease in vaccinated and challenged animals by a clinically significant amount which may be less than that required to support a claim of disease prevention
Aid in disease control
Products that have been shown to alleviate disease severity, reduce disease duration, or delay disease onset
7 or 8 way clostridial
- killed vaccine
- cows and calves
- clostridial myonecrosis
- blackleg and malignant edema
- requires a booster