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Disease Management

Disease Management

•  Be on the alert for signs of illness such as reduced feed intake, fever, abnormal discharge or unusual behaviour.

•  Consult the nearest veterinary aid centre for help if illness is suspected.

•  Protect the animals against common diseases.

•  In case of outbreak of contagious disease, immediately segregate the sick, in contact and the healthy animals and take necessary disease control measures.

•  Conduct periodic tests for Brucellosis, Tuberculosis, Johne's disease, Mastitis etc.

•  Deworm the animals regularly.

•  Examine the faeces of adult animals to detect eggs of internal parasites and treat the animals with suitable drugs.

•  Wash the animals from time to time to promote sanitation.

Programme for vaccination of farm animals against contagious diseases

Sl. No.

Name of disease

Type of vaccine

Type of vaccination

Duration of immunity

Remarks

1

Anthrax (Gorhi)

Spore vaccine

Once in an year premonsoon vaccination

One season

-

2

Black Quarter (Sujab)

Killed vaccine

- do -

- do -

-

3

Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (Galghotu)

Ocladjuvant vaccine

- do -

- do -

-

4

Brucellosis (Contagious abortion)

Cotton strain 19 (live bacteria)

At about 6 months of age

3 or 4 calvings

To be done only in infected herds

5

Foot and Mouth disease (Muhkhar)

Polyvalent tissue culture vaccine

At about 6 months of age with booster dose 4 months later

One season

After vaccination repeat vaccination every year in Oct./Nov.

6

Rinderpest (Mata)

Lapinised avianised vaccine for exotic and crossbred cattle, caprinised vaccine for zebu cattle.

At about 6 months of age

Life long

It is better to repeat after 3 to 4 years

(Source: NDDB)

For more details:Kerala State Animal Husbandry Department