Journal article
Evaluation of the results of a survey of dairy producers on dairy herd biosecurity and vaccination against bovine viral diarrhea
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol.209(9), pp.1618-1622
11/01/1996
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116341
PMID: 8899031
Abstract
A survey on biosecurity and vaccination practices was sent to 632 dairy producers in Pennsylvania to determine the proportion of the approximately 12,500 dairy herds in Pennsylvania that might be at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Most producers relied on their veterinarian for vaccination information and vaccine purchases, but administered the vaccine to the cattle themselves. Many producers did not vaccinate all susceptible groups of cattle in their herd. Also, many producers did not administer a booster vaccination after administration of an initial killed-virus vaccine, as recommended by vaccine manufacturers. As a result, although 309 of 376 (82.2%) dairy producers indicated that they routinely vaccinated their herds, only 73 of 266 (27.4%) herds were considered adequately vaccinated. Veterinarians were as likely to administer vaccines to cattle in adequately vaccinated herds as to cattle in inadequately vaccinated herds. Adequately vaccinated herds were more likely to be larger herds (> 121 cattle) than smaller herds. Analysis of survey results indicated that veterinarians are not taking full advantage of their pivotal role in dairy herd vaccination programs.
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- Title
- Evaluation of the results of a survey of dairy producers on dairy herd biosecurity and vaccination against bovine viral diarrhea
- Creators
- Y Rauff - Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USAD A MooreW M Sischo
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol.209(9), pp.1618-1622
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900548276501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article