The American Association of Bovine Practitioners’ Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Biologics has developed vaccination guidelines for its members to use when designing client vaccination protocols. Likely the first of its kind for cattle, the guidelines provide member practitioners with the base knowledge necessary to construct protocols customized to bovine client needs across the production spectrum.
Considering the variety of production scenarios in beef and dairy, the new guidelines identify core vaccine antigens recommended for all cattle, as well as risk-based vaccine antigens for situational consideration.
Source: BEEF, November 29, 2021. Link. The 32-page AABP guidelines include principles of vaccination, influence of management on disease, vaccine label information, vaccine categories, adverse events, vaccine storage and handling, core vaccines, risk-based vaccination and references.
AABP members can access the guidelines by logging onto the website at https://aabp.org, and under the Committees tab, click on Committee Resources, then Pharmaceuticals and Biologics and scroll to the Vaccination Guidelines.
An AABP Have You Herd? podcast about the new Vaccination Guidelines is available. Link.
