Failing to arm sheep and goats disease protection is a bit like
heading into a tackle football game with no helmets or pads. Less
protection means greater risk.
Vaccines are an important component in
suiting up small ruminants to hit the field – or pasture. At minimum,
sheep and goats of all ages and stages should be protected from
clostridial diseases.
Eric Gordon, DVM, Ohio State University, believes that clostridial diseases are the only group that all sheep and goats should be vaccinated against. He recommends using a three-way vaccine generically referred to as CDT, which protects against Clostridium perfringens type C and D and Clostridium tetani (tetanus). Eight-way vaccines are also on the market, but the three-way CDT is the core vaccine for sheep and goats.
The CDT vaccine is both inexpensive and very effective at preventing the quick and fatal consequences that can result from a clostridial infection.
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Vaccines are an important component in
suiting up small ruminants to hit the field – or pasture. At minimum,
sheep and goats of all ages and stages should be protected from
clostridial diseases.Eric Gordon, DVM, Ohio State University, believes that clostridial diseases are the only group that all sheep and goats should be vaccinated against. He recommends using a three-way vaccine generically referred to as CDT, which protects against Clostridium perfringens type C and D and Clostridium tetani (tetanus). Eight-way vaccines are also on the market, but the three-way CDT is the core vaccine for sheep and goats.
The CDT vaccine is both inexpensive and very effective at preventing the quick and fatal consequences that can result from a clostridial infection.
Read full Agri-view article
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