Effects of vaccination with killed salmonella bacteria

Authors: Dewes HF
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 5, pp 106-107, May 1979
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Bacterial, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Immune system/immunology, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Vaccination, Zoonosis, Public health
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: In outbreaks of salmonellosis, loss of weight, drastically reduced performance, slow or incomplete recovery, and a high death rate, are all part of the disease. When endemic among potentially valuable individuals, treatment is drawn out, costly and often unrewarding. High stocking densities, introduction of animals from outside sources, susceptible young arriving seasonally, and risks of facial eczema, are several good reasons why owners resist preventive procedures that threaten, or cannot be readily fitted into, established management practice. Presented with the disease in our pastoral scene, any successful outcome would have to depend on modifying management only slightly. Where to start was the question?…

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