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1
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Herd health components

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  • biosecurity
  • management
  • vaccination program
2
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Biosecurity

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Measures that you take on your farm to limit exposure to disease

  • quarantine
  • testing and culling
  • introduction of new genetics from known/safe sources
3
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Vaccination does not always equal ______

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Immunizaiton

4
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Factors that influence a vaccination program

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  • economics
  • location (exposure)
  • management
5
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Crucial aspects of vaccine use

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  • correct administration
  • quality assurance
  • following the instructions
  • timing more important than product
6
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Administering cattle vaccinations

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Follow BQA guidelines

  • split vaccines on each side of the animal
  • use sub q over IM
  • use lower doses
  • MLV products go low
7
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Killed vaccines

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  • relatively stable
  • require an adjuvant
  • stimulate humoral response via antibody production
  • booster response
  • good protection for extracellular pathogens
8
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Modified live vaccines

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  • require careful handling
  • rapid long lasting protection
  • stimulate cell mediated immunity
  • better for intracellular pathogens
  • booster not required
9
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Vaccine handling

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  • keep refrigerated
  • change needles frequently (10-15 head)
  • MLV: sensitive to UV light, temp, disinfectants
  • change needle before refilling syringe
10
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Vaccine failures

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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
11
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Prevention of infection

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Products able to prevent all colonization or replication of the challenge organism in vaccinated and challenged animals

12
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Prevention of disease

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Products shown to be highly effective in preventing clinical disease in vaccinated and challenged animals

13
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Aid in disease prevention

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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

14
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Aid in disease control

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Products that have been shown to alleviate disease severity, reduce disease duration, or delay disease onset

15
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7 or 8 way clostridial

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  • killed vaccine
  • cows and calves
  • clostridial myonecrosis
  • blackleg and malignant edema
  • requires a booster
16
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5 way viral respiratory vaccine

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Killed and MLV products available

- respiratory disease and pregnancy wastage

17
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5 way MLV respiratory vaccines

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  • careful in naive animals (reduced fertility)
  • can cause disease
  • may be administered to pregnant cattle provided they were vaccinated, with this specific vaccine within the past 12 months
18
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5 way leptospirosis

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Infertility and pregnancy wastage

  • killed products
  • duration of immunity short lived
  • separate or combos
19
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Cow-calf producer

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Goal is 1 calf every 12 months

  • gestation: 283 days
  • weaned at 6-8 months
  • calves sold to stocker
  • reproduction is key to income
20
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Prebreeding

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Cows
- 5 way MLV respiratory 
- lepto with campylobacter
Calves
- castrate and tag
21
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Preweaning

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  • 4-6 weeks prior to weaning

- initial calf vaccines (5 way MLV respiratory vaccine, clostridial vaccine)

22
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Weaning

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Cows
- 5 way MLV or K
- clostridial vaccine
- lepto
Calves
- booster vaccines
23
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Backgrounder/stocker operation

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Calves under stress

  • commingling at the market
  • unknown vaccine status
  • recently weaned
  • high disease morbidity
  • vaccinated on arrival: 5 way MLV respiratory, clostridial, booster in 4-6 weeks
24
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Core equine vaccinations

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  • eastern/western equine encephalitis
  • west nile virus
  • tetanus
  • rabies
25
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Equine vaccination

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Risk based

  • important, common, rarely fatal: influenza, equine herpes-1, strep
  • regional: potomac horse fever, equine viral arteritis, botulism, rotavirus, lepto
26
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Tetanus

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Clostridium tetani

  • spores enter body via wounds, hematomas, and foal umbilicus
  • fatal
  • need to be immunized annually (only killed vax)
  • should be boostered in it has been 3 months since vax at time of surgery/injury
27
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Encephalomyelitis

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3 viruses: eastern, western, and west nile virus

  • uniform inflammation of spinal cord and brain
  • ataxia, depression, tremors, and seizures
28
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Eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis

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  • only killed vaccines

- must vaccinate at least twice a year, if close to coast then 3 times a year

29
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West nile virus

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  • vaccinate 1-2 times yearly (recombinant)

- vaccinate 2-3 times yearly (killed)

30
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Rabies

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Killed product, no booster required

31
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Equine herpes virus

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EHV-1 and EHV-4

  • spread via inhalation
  • manifested in 3 diseases: respiratory, reproductive, and neurologic
32
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Equine herpes virus immunizations

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  • killed and MLV
  • vaccinate 2-3 times yearly depending on exposure
  • none labeled to protect against neurological form
33
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Equine influenza

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Spread via inhalation

- signs: sudden onset of high fever, cough, and serous nasal discharge

34
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Equine influenza vaccinations

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  • killed and MLV
  • vaccinated twice yearly
  • closed herd: influenza vaccination is not a must for horses that are not traveling and farms that have no new additions
35
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Strangles

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Streptococcus equi

  • highly contagious bacterial disease
  • fever, swollen lymph nodes, purulent nasal discharge
  • killed and intranasal MLV
  • vaccinate twice yearly