Beef Buzz News
New Vaccine Builds BRD Immunity In Young Calves
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 19:26:58 CDT
Bovine Respiratory Disease - known as BRD is a big problem for the beef cattle. BRD - as the disease is commonly called - is the leading cause of death in pre-wean calves 3 weeks or older. One company has come up with a new product that may help producers battle BRD in your youngest animals.
Merck Animal health has come up with a new product that will allow help producers to vaccinate calves as young as 1 week of age for BRD. Dr. Brent Meyer - beef cattle technical services manager for Merck Animal Health - says the new vaccine - called Once PMH IN - is the only intranasal vaccine to deliver dual bacterial pneumonia protection in healthy beef and dairy cattle.
"Once PMH IN aides in the control of the respiratory disease caused by Mannheimia haemolytica and the prevention of the disease caused by Pasteurella multocida," Meyer said. "The intranasal vaccination helps stimulate at strong immune response because vaccine antigens are delivered directly to the mucosal surface in the nose, a major site of immune response in cattle."
Dr. Terry Engelken is an associate professor at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine and he was involved with research evaluating the new vaccine.
"Our research studies compared Once PMH IN to a commercially available Mannheimia vaccine that was given subcutaneously or under the skin," Engelken said. "The results from these trials demonstrated that at least in these young calves that are given a intranasal administration of Once PMH IN, these calves performed better in terms of a lower body temperature and better weight gain compared to calves that were given a subcutaneous Mannheimia vaccine."
Researchers also measured inflammatory protein level response. Dr. Engelken explains this can be used to gauge the level of stress that a vaccine causes the calf.
"If a vaccine is irritating to these young calves, the animal will have an increase in inflammatory protein levels and as a result of that they simply don't grow as fast and that is because the calves protein is being directed away from animal growth and instead toward this unwanted vaccine reaction," Engelken said. "So what we found the calves given Once PMH IN, they had a dramatically reduced inflammatory protein level response and consequently showed improved average daily gain."
Dr. Engelken says the advantages come from the intranasal vaccine working at the point of attack against BRD pathogens - directly in the nose and upper respiratory tract - to provide protection.
According to Dr. Meyer with Merck, the intranasal vaccination administration is easy and they have developed some teaching aides to help producers.
For specific guidance on BRD vaccines - consult with your herd veterinarian. Click Here for more information on Once PMH IN
Ron Hays Beef Buzzes about this New BRD Vaccine From Merck
right-click to download mp3
WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI
Beef News
Certified Angus Beef Consumers Want to Know Ranchers' Stories Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:58:18 CST
Decades in the Making, Certified Angus Beef is Expecting to Have a Great Year Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:52:24 CST
Feedback from the 2022 Cattlemen's Congress is Fantastic Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:10:12 CST
Higher Than Expected Placements Provide Slightly Bigger Cattle on Feed Number Than a Year Ago Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:37:53 CST
The Importance of Good Cattle Handling Skills with Dr. Stephen Boyles Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:55:28 CST
WOTUS Revision Could Include Big-Ticket Climate Change Policy from Biden Administration Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:40:48 CST
NCBA's Scott Yager Hopeful EPA Will Pay Attention to Its Own Advisory Committee on WOTUS Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:01:14 CST
American Hereford Association's Focus Includes Consumer Education in 2022 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:08:52 CST
American Hereford Association Focusing on Genetic Improvement in 2022 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:16:02 CST
See How the Angus Link Program Puts Money Back into Your Pocket Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:30:08 CST
Why Maine-Anjou Cattle are Popular In and Out of the Show Ring Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:32:42 CST
OSU's Derrell Peel Talks Latest on Beef Exports and Previews Cattle Inventory Report Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:41:10 CST
Clint Rusk on the Sometimes-Underestimated Value of Charolais Beef Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:19:28 CST
How the American Simmental Has Changed Over the Last Couple Decades Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:33:01 CST
BQA Seminar at Cattlemen's Congress Taught the Importance of Cattle Handling Skills Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:31:26 CST
American Angus Association Off to a Great Start at 2022 Cattlemen's Congress Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:10:41 CST
Hereford Breed is Well-Represented at Second Annual Cattlemen's Congress Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:25:02 CST
Lyons-Blythe Says Cattle Producers Must Take Part in Sustainability Conversation Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:58:05 CST
Cattle Producers Help Shape the Sustainability Conversation as Part of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:35:54 CST
Counting Down the Hours Until 2022 Cattlemen's Congress Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:32:00 CST
NCBA Continues to Work to Increase Transparency, Fairness of Cattle Markets Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:33:41 CST
NCBA Continues to Protect Cattle Producers from Funding Build Back Better in 2022 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:31:58 CST
Beef Cow Herd Will be Smaller in 2022 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 08:38:14 CST
The U.S. Will See a Decrease in Beef Production in 2022 Says OSU's Derrell Peel Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:22:22 CST
Make Plans to Attend Cattlemen's Congress if You're in the Cattle Business Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:41:06 CST
2022 Cattlemen's Congress: It is Going to Be Huge! Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:44:16 CST
Protect the Harvest is Working to Protect Agriculture in the U.S. Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:54:08 CST
LMA's Chelsea Good Says Fed Cattle Price Dictates Price Discovery from Top Down Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:26:05 CST
Animal Activist Groups Blame Animal Agriculture for Climate Change and Pandemics Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:31:43 CST
Activity Increases Among Animal Rights Extremist Groups Since Pandemic Began Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:20:14 CST
OSU's Derrell Peel Breaks Down October U.S. Beef Export Numbers Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:22:09 CST
NCBA's Tanner Beymer Says Most Cattle Industry Groups Back Cattle Contract Library Bill Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:19:12 CST
NCBA's Tanner Beymer on U.S. House of Representatives Passage of LMR and Cattle Contract Library Act Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:29:41 CST
U.S. Beef Exports Hits Annual Record-Value Levels in October Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:59:14 CST
Katelyn McCullock says Fourth-Quarter Cattle Prices are Contraseasonal Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:49:32 CST
