Vaccinations for Dairy Cattle
Vaccinations for Dairy Cattle Dairy cattle are generally on a different vaccination schedule than beef cattle, mainly because most dairies calve year-round, rather than a defined calving season. Most vaccinations are based around when a cow will calve, and this may be any time of year—and newborn calves receive their first vaccines when they are […]
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Vaccinations – An Important Part of Dairy Management
Vaccinations – An Important Part of Dairy Management Vaccination is one of the tools that every dairy utilizes to keep animals healthy, to minimize disease problems and use of antibiotics. Immunization is a necessary aid to limit or prevent disease due to common pathogens, such as Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus, Parainfluenza-3 (PI3) virus, Bovine […]
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Vaccination Reactions
Vaccination Reactions Occasionally cattle react to vaccine. An allergic reaction can be mild and local (swelling at the injection site after vaccination) or serious and fatal—if the animal goes into anaphylactic shock. The vaccines administered to cattle contain antigens that are “foreign” to the animal’s body. With vaccines, the goal is for the body to […]
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