Control of Contagious Disease

Question 1

control of contagious disease

Answer 1

• prevention rather than outbreak mitigation
• minimize exposure
• optimize disease resistance

Question 2

what is infection control

Answer 2

• vaccination is part of it but is not the one and only thing!!
• biosecurity

Question 3

vaccination is not the only part of an infection control. why is this

Answer 3

• vaccines provide a SUPPLEMENT
• very few vaccines protect all animals from disease
• may lessen severity of clinical signs but do not prevent shedding of contagion
• different levels of efficacy
• vaccine failures: inadequate response, inadequate timing, vaccine/pathogen match (ex flu)

not a fail-safe way to protect from contagious disease!!

Question 4

infectious disease risk assessment

Answer 4

• requires an idea of what type of facility: single barn, setup, etc
• what type of horses? show, pasture pets, etc
• age of horses: unvaccinated, etc
• what pastures/environment: fenceline shared with another property?
• traffic coming in ? shows? outside horses coming in and out?