Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Winter, Agnes

Titel

Vaccination programmes for sheep flocks

Ist Teil von

• In practice (London 1979), 2009-07, Vol.31 (7), p.326-332

Ort / Verlag

London: Br Veterinary Assoc

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• IMPLEMENTING a vaccination programme, and regularly reviewing how appropriate it remains, is an important part of flock health planning. Programmes need to be considered individually for each flock and, apart from vaccines to protect against clostridial diseases (and now bluetongue) to which all flocks are potentially at risk, the use of vaccines will depend on factors such as the history of disease in a flock, the risk of disease occurring, the risk of disease introduction associated with purchased stock, the cost of a vaccine versus the likely cost of losses if vaccination is not carried out and the owner's/shepherd's attitude to risk. This article discusses the vaccines available in the UK and, for each, describes the appropriate schedules that should be employed.