Footrot and specific strain vaccine

Summary

Specific strain footrot vaccine is a relatively new treatment for virulent footrot. Once footrot is diagnosed in a flock by a veterinarian, the specific strains of the footrot bacteria that are present in that flock of sheep can be identified using further testing. Once all of the individual strains present are known, a vaccine covering just those strains can be produced for use on that farm.

This primefact includes:

• What are specific strain footrot vaccines?
• Development of the specific strain vaccine
• How should specific strain footrot vaccines be used?
• Using specific strain vaccine in a footrot eradication program
• Accessing specific strain footrot vaccine in NSW

In addition to Primefact 1535 a factsheet is now available. This factsheet 'Diagnosis for specific vaccination' is for veterinarians and outlines the requirements for laboratory diagnosis of footrot for specific strain vaccine production.