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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

Sr. 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)

Last updated: 23-8-2006

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