BRD CONTROL PROGRAMMES A GUIDE FOR VETS Participant selection Beef farmers Breeders Rearers Beef from dairy High risk High prevalence Achievers and Aspirants Prevention and control programmes ID: 305798
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BRD CONTROL PROGRAMMES:
A GUIDE FOR VETSSlide2
Participant selection
Beef farmers
Breeders
Rearers
Beef from dairyHigh riskHigh prevalenceAchievers and Aspirants Prevention and control programmesSlide3
1) Group meeting
2 hour training workshop – on farm or suitable location
Group size 5 – 10
Three main areas to cover in training:
BRD risks and causesEnvironmentPathogensSusceptibilityBRD prevention and controlBiosecurity
Bio-containment
Resilience
SurveillanceTreatment of clinical cases and metaphylaxisAppropriate use of antimicrobialsUse of non-steroidals and steroidsCase selection and monitoring progressSlide4
Don’t give it all
away at the first meeting! Objective is to engage farmers to progress to later stages and get the benefits of farm specific health planning for the prevention and control of respiratory diseaseSlide5
2) Farm visits – 3 hours
+ 1 hour to create BRD Health Plan
Complete BRD risk assessment on myhealthyheerd.com – entry and spread risks
Collect surveillance data that exists or look for yourself
Set up surveillance strategy and tasksCollect samples if specific pneumonia a problem and surveillance strategy requires it (eg IBR, Mycoplasma etc)
Create BRD health plan (1 hour max) using myhealthyherd
Prevention
ControlTreatmentVaccinationSlide6
3) Group workshop – 2 hours
Organise workshop training meeting for the BRD group
Meet at a participant’s farm
Review BRD health plan
Demonstrate implementationDiscuss resultsMotivate othersSlide7
Do we believe in Preventive Medicine?Can we sell it?
Dr Sibley, I am reading about pneumonia. I don’t have this disease
but
I would like to pay you to come out here and advise me on how to avoid getting it.
Thank you.Slide8
Principles
An well-planned control programme will enable you to:
Prevent pneumonia
Control Pneumonia
Treat pneumoniaStrategicallyEffectivelyAnd get paid for it!Slide9
Preventive Veterinary Medicine:
myhealthyherd principles of prevention and control
Prevention is better than cure
Mostly
RisksEntrySpreadSurveillance
ResilienceSlide10
Disease status of the herd
Biosecurity
Surveillance
Resilience /
immunity
Biocontainment
and Control
THE FOUR PILLARS SUPPORTING THE DISEASE STATUS OF A HERDSlide11
THE FOUR PILLARS SUPPORTING THE DISEASE STATUS OF A HERD
Intuitively, veterinarians test and treat
Testing alone never controlled or prevented a disease
Vaccination has limitations
Biosecurity and bio-containment need to be part of disease prevention and controlSlide12
The aspiration hierarchy
Decide
on
aspiration
ToleranceControlEradication and freedomDepends onResource
Priorities
Economic benefitsSlide13
Treatment: important
to us and them
Strategy
Detail
Best practiceUsing MHH to create treatment plansSlide14
Treatment
StrategyDetail
Best practice
If all else fails; read the instructionsSlide15
Basic Planning
Use the health planning section
of
myhealthyherd.com
You can get full access, but you will need membershipFarmers can access the Health Planner module for freeSlide16
USING myhealthyherd.com
Beef or dairy herds
Up to three “herds” per farm
Use strategically
Find your way around before you go to the farmTry to use it “live” and engage the farmer
Paper based
data collection
forms are available from the Resources section of the siteSlide17
Biosecurity risk asSessment:
the risks of pathogens
entering the herd
Complete general biosecurity risk assessment (cattle, people and objects
)Then complete disease specific risks for Bovine Pneumonia
Myhealthyherd will do the
mathsSlide18
Biosecurity Risks
The report will form the summary and basis of a biosecurity
plan:
For herds that have not yet been affected by
BRDFor herds that are affected , have high aspirations and wish to control the diseaseSlide19
Risks of spread:1) Housing risksSlide20
Space and air calculatorSlide21
RISKS OF SPREAD: 2) EnvironmentalSlide22
RISKS OF SPREAD: 3) Grouping risksSlide23
RISKS OF SPREAD:4
) Resilience risks
Resilience, natural or
acquired
Husbandry factors are importantControl strategies may be based on resilience if these are shown to be the biggest risksSlide24
Risks of spread: overall
This summary will be the main discussion document leading to a prevention and control
plan
Skills will be required to get to this
pointThree hours of your time should be
allocated to get
to this pointSlide25
Biosecurity planning
The prevention of disease coming in to the herd
Risk reduction rather than risk elimination
Identify the hazards and manage themSlide26
Biosecurity planning
Like all good health
plans
:
V = ValuedE = EffectiveS = SpecificP = PracticalA = AgreedSlide27
Surveillance Plans
What disease is present in the
herd
?
How do you find out?AskCount
Assess
Get
a better systemSpecific diagnosesSlide28
Prevalence AND
risk prediction
Set priorities and create a starting
point
What is likely to happen if you do nothing?Knowing is not enoughSlide29
Control strategiesSlide30
Control tasksSlide31
The control plan
Concentrate on risk
management
Vaccines alone are unlikely to
workVaccine compliance is not good
Skill and judgements are
required
VESPASlide32
Progress
The progress page will tell you
where
you
areKeep up with progressProgress is not possible without change
Funding will help, but is not the solution