| Initial vaccinalion can besi be done according
lo ihe managemeni syslem and breeding program of a specific
farm. The following schedule can be changed lo fil ihe
specific farming condilions. |
| Time of administration |
Essential vaccines |
Additional vaccines |
Dose and route |
| 6 to 8 weeks before the breeding season |
Rift Valley fever (inactivated or live vaccine) |
Vibriosis (1 st inject.) |
2 mf subcutaneous ly 2 ml subcutaneously (heifers) 5
ml subcutaneously (bulls) |
| 3 to 4 weeks before the breeding season |
|
Vibriosis (2 nd inject.) |
2 mf subcutaneously (heifers) 5 ml subcutaneously (bulls) |
| 8 weeks before calving |
|
Escherichia coli (1 st) |
2 ml intramuscularly |
| 2 to 4 weeks before calving |
|
Escherichia coli (2 nd) Paratyphoid (inact.) |
2 mf intramuscularly 10 ml subcutaneously |
| 7 to 1 4 days of age |
Paratyphoid (1 st inject.) (live or inactivated vaccine)
Heartwater blood endemic areas) 0 to 2 1 days of age) |
Pasteurella (1 st inject.) C. pyogenes (1 st inject) |
5 m£ subcutaneous ly (live or inactivated) 3 mf intravenously
5 ml subcutaneously 5 ml subcutaneous ly |
| 3 to 8 weeks of age |
Paratyphoid (2 nd inject.) (inactivated vaccine at 3
weeks of age) |
Pasteurella (2 nd inject.) C. pyogenes (2 nd and 3 rd
inject. 1 0 days apart) Gas Gangrene (2 inject. 4 weeks
apart) |
5 ml subcutaneously (live or inactivated) 5 ml subcutaneous
ly 5 ml subcutaneously 5 ml subcutaneously |
| 4 months of age |
Contagious abortion SI 9 (heifers at 4 to 8 months)
** Gall sickness (3-4 months) endemic areas |
|
5 ml subcutaneously 1 ml intramuscularly |
| 5 to 6 months of age or at weaning |
Botulism / Black quarter (2 inject. 4-6 weeks apart)
Anthrax Rift Valley fever (inactivated vaccine) Lumpy
skin disease Three Day Stiff sickness (Dairy cattle) |
Red water (3-9 months) (endemic areas) Three Day Stiffsickness |
5 m£ subcutaneously 1 ml subcutaneously 1 ml intramuscularly
2 ml subcutaneously 5 ml subcutaneously 2 ml subcutaneously |
| **Gall sickness & Redwater vaccine can be
administered together. |
| Yearly or six monthly booster injections
can be given. The following table is a practical example
that can be changed to fit the local farming conditions. |
| Time of administration |
Essential vaccines |
Additional vaccines |
Dose and route |
| Late winter early Spring (August to September) |
Three-day-stiffsickness
(Dairy cattle)
Lumpy skin disease
Rift Valley fever
(inactivated vaccine) |
Gas gangrene C. pyogenes
Pasteurella |
2 ml subcutaneously
5 ml subcutaneously
2 ml subcutaneously
5 ml subcutaneously
10 ml subcutaneously
(> 6 months) &
5 ml subcutaneously
(< 6 months)
5 ml subcutaneously |
| Autumn or early winter (April to June) |
Blackquarter / Botulism
Anthrax |
Gas gangrene C. pyogenes
Pasteurella |
5 ml subcutaneously
1 ml subcutaneously
5 ml subcutaneously
10 ml subcutaneously
(> 6 months)
5 ml subcutaneously |
| 4 weeks before breed ing |
|
Vibriosis |
2 ml subcutaneously (heifers)
5 ml subcutaneously (bulls) |
| 2 to 4 weeks before calving |
|
Escheriachia coli
Paratyphoid (inact.) |
2 ml subcutaneously
10 ml subcutaneously |
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