AABP develops cattle vaccination guidelines
Guidelines for beef and dairy cattle can help veterinarians counsel clients on vaccination strategies.
November 30, 2021
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Committee on Pharmaceuticals and Biologics (CPBI) has developed Vaccination Guidelines for its members to utilize when designing client vaccination protocols.
The CPBI Vaccine Guidelines subcommittee was composed of Drs. Justin Kieffer (chair), Kevin Jacque, Bill McBeth, Robert Lynch, Tim Goldsmith, Michael Capel and Karin Hoelzer. Drs. Chris Chase and Amelia Woolums also contributed critical inputs and edits to the guidelines. The 32-page guidelines include principles of vaccination, influence of management on disease, vaccine label information, vaccine categories, adverse events, vaccine storage and handling, core vaccines, risk-based vaccination and references.
“The CPBI developed these guidelines to provide AABP members with a baseline document on vaccine science and information for beef and dairy cattle,” explains Kieffer. “To our knowledge, we are the first food animal veterinary group to develop official vaccination guidelines for our membership. We felt it was critical to outline answers to vaccine-related questions frequently asked by bovine practitioners in a readily available format, based upon the available science. It was also important to point out the gaps in knowledge on vaccine issues and to list references for the material we included.”
An additional goal is to help practitioners understand vaccine labeling, and have information on adverse events and where and how to report them. Like other AABP guidelines, this document is subject to regular review and revision as necessary by CPBI and the AABP Board of Directors to match changing scientific data and AABP member needs.