Custom vaccines:
Beef and Dairy Cattle

Mycoplasma bovis vaccines
Other custom vaccines

Keeping animals healthy is a constant concern for beef and dairy producers. When new diseases crop up for which no vaccine is available, or when existing vaccines don’t seem to be effective, custom vaccines may be the solution.

Custom vaccines are manufactured from the specific viruses or bacteria that cause disease in your operation. Working with your veterinarian, Novartis Animal Health can identify the disease agent and create a vaccine to use in your herd.

Whatever the health problem – respiratory disease, pinkeye, gastrointestinal disease, warts, mastitis, and others – custom vaccines can be an effective, cost-effective answer.

Mycoplasma bovis vaccines

Novartis Animal Health US offers Mycoplasma bovis custom vaccines. This bacteria has more than 20 different strains, therefore herd-specific vaccines are the best available solution.

M. bovis is an extremely challenging organism that can haunt infected herds for years. It can be difficult to diagnose, and antibiotics are often ineffective.

Infection with M. bovis can lead to:

• Immunosuppression
• Bovine respiratory diseases (i.e. shipping fever and calf pneumonia)
• Infertility, reproductive problems
• Joint infections
• Skin abscesses
• Ear, eye infections
• Mastitis

Signs of disease in dairy cattle

• Younger animals – respiratory disease
• Mature cows – mastitis
• Milk quality and quantity quickly deteriorates
• Sudden swelling, infection in one or more quarters
• Abnormal milk 1 to 3 days later

Signs of disease in beef cattle

• Ocular, nasal discharge
• Decreased appetite
• Depression
• Arched stance
• Fever

If diagnosis determines that M. bovis is the culprit, a USDA-approved custom vaccine can be developed and delivered to your veterinarian. These killed vaccines are safe and sterile, with no shedding of the organism.

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Other custom vaccines

Custom vaccines are also available for these (and other) bacteria and viruses:

Respiratory disease

• Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica
• Pasteurella multocida
• Haemophilus somnus
• Mycoplasma bovis
• Bovine respiratory corona virus
• Bovine respiratory syncitial virus

Gastrointestinal disease

• E. coli
• Clostridium perfringens
• Salmonella species
• Bovine enteric corona virus

Mastitis

• Staphylococcus aureus
• Streptococcus species
• Mycoplasma bovis
• Bovine mammilitis virus (BHV2)

Combinations

• We have the flexibility to create combinations that fit the specific needs of your operation.

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