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Vaccinations. Remember!. Vaccination does not give absolute 100% protection to each and every animal or every herd Vaccination does not replace good biosecurity/biocontainment management practices. Vaccine Handling. Rules #1-3 Read label Read label Read label. Label Directions.
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Remember! • Vaccination does not give absolute 100% protection to each and every animal or every herd • Vaccination does not replace good biosecurity/biocontainment management practices .
Vaccine Handling • Rules #1-3 • Read label • Read label • Read label
Label Directions • Proper temperature • Refrigerate most vaccines • Refrigeration means 400 F, not 200, not 600 • Proper route of administration • IM (intramuscular) • SQ (Subcutaneous) • IN (Intranasal) • Oral .
Label Directions • Proper species • Proper dose • Proper time (including boosters as necessary) .
Vaccine Types • Killed • Modified Live (MLV) • Antibodies/Antitoxins .
Vaccine Types • Killed • all organisms are inactivated • No potential for any live germs to cause disease .
Vaccine Types • Killed • Induce primarily antibody development in the vaccinated animal against very specific organisms • Usually multi-dose vials • Usually requires booster dose first time .
Vaccine Types • Modified Live Vaccine (MLV) • Live disease-causing organism is treated in a way such that it induces an immune response without causing disease • Modern technology has made this very safe .
Vaccine Types • Modified Live Vaccine (MLV) • Induces two forms of protection in the animal: antibodies as well as cell-mediated immunity • Typically involves mixing liquid and dry components and must be used immediately • Usually does not require a booster first time .
Vaccine Types • Antibodies/Antitoxins • Created by hyperimmunizing animals and taking antibodies from their serum and putting into oral or injectable form • Allows for instant presence of antibodies to fight disease • Few exist - most common, E coli (First Defense), tetanus antitoxin .
Colostrum • The future of your herd is born with NO antibodies
Colostrum & Calves • Antibodies in colostrum are required for the first several months of that calf’s life to fight off ALL infectious agents, including scours, navel-ill, pneumonia • Antibodies are “herd-specific” for each farm
Colostrum & Calves • ASAP – not 12 hours later • “4 quarts in 4 hours” • Minimum 100 grams immunoglobulins (antibodies) .
Colostrum & Calves • Colostrum and feeding containers must be CLEAN • Cow should be Johne’s negative and BLV (Leukosis) negative in tested herds .
Colostrum & Calves • We can influence the antibodies in colostrum with proper vaccinations at the proper time
Summary • Biosecurity and biocontainment are not just big words to be ignored • We need to reconsider how we bring additions into our herds – what risks are we comfortable with? • We need to evaluate how we handle different age groups of cattle on our farms • Vaccination is VERY important but NOT a substitute for good management • We need to develop a vaccination program for every animal in every herd • Colostrum, colostrum, colostrum