BVD VACCINATION

Farney Farmer

Do many of ya’s vaccinate for BVD. Doing it for years here but I’ve never had a PI so was thinking about stopping it. What ya’s think?

alps

Farney Farmer wrote: »

Do many of ya’s vaccinate for BVD. Doing it for years here but I’ve never had a PI so was thinking about stopping it. What ya’s think?

Interesting question Farney....can you stop vaccinating once you start? No professional will give you the advise that you can stop.

My feeling is, that there was absolutely no point in the BVD eradication programme, if at the end of the day, you can't stop vaccinating.

I'd be skipping it...

manjou

I stopped last year as have never had pi but will see when samples come back this year.

Farney Farmer

Thanks, i think your right alps. Might skip it. One less job and cost.

Keepgrowing

Never had a PI.
We were in Bvd scheme from the voluntary start period.
Stopped vaccination after year 3 when no PI’s were found

orm0nd

lost a few animals with mucosal disease about 25 to 30 years ago, that and a lot of infertility problems were enough to keep me vaccinating,

small price to pay for peace of mind, although maybe unnecessary at this stage,

hopeso

Farney Farmer wrote: »

Do many of ya’s vaccinate for BVD. Doing it for years here but I’ve never had a PI so was thinking about stopping it. What ya’s think?

Maybe you never had a PI because you’re vaccinating? OK, the risk should be less now, after removing PI’s for a number of years now... I still vaccinate anyway.

On the subject of BVD, is there any end in sight for the sampling? It was only supposed to be for 3 years at the start.... We must have 6 years done at this stage?

jaymla627

orm0nd wrote: »

lost a few animals with mucosal disease about 25 to 30 years ago, that and a lot of infertility problems were enough to keep me vaccinating,

small price to pay for peace of mind, although maybe unnecessary at this stage,

Lost 30 calves out of a batch of 40 from incalf suckler heifers back in the early 00’s along with a 10 grand vet bill due to bvd, a naive herd to bvd if it does enter at the wrong time and theirs no vaccination done in a large herd could cost you 50plus odd grand easily....
It’s like house insurance you’ll probably never need it but you wouldn’t take the chance of not having it

mahoney_j

I’m in scheme from start never had a Pj dairy farmers surround milk block plus one sheep/beef farm and outblicks surrounded by dairy/sheep/beef /tillage and moore/Callow land .im not willing to stop because the beef men are buying and selling the whole time and risk is there .ill stay vaccinating for now also doing lepto/ibr/salmonella vaccines to me are like insurance

greysides

Advice from AHI has been to continue to vaccinate based on a herd risk analysis. We are getting close to eradication but, if you've vaccinated this far, I'd be loath to tell you to stop just yet. So much work done to, perhaps, quit just too early.
A halfway house would be to vaccinate just springing heifers and any bought in animals.

Attention, especially if stopping vaccination, needs to turn to biosecurity. A boring subject but of increasing importance.

Donegalforever

I continue to vaccinate for BVD.

It is not worth the risk stopping vaccinating, particularly if you do not have a complete closed herd.