Table 2.
A simplified vaccination strategy for control of PPR
Sl. no. | Situations on quantity of vaccine available | PPR vaccination strategy |
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1. | Limited doses of vaccine is available | Vaccinate high risk group animals (goat and sheep) such as nomadic flocks, young animals below 1 year of age, animals which are subject to intermixing with other animals. Ring vaccination to control outbreaks. A good quality vaccine using a minimum of 102.5 TCID50 of vaccine virus/animal to be used subcutaneously |
2. | Sufficient doses of vaccines are available for disease control continuously | Ist year: vaccinate all sheep and goat above 5 months |
IInd year: vaccinate all un-vaccinated sheep and goat and new born lambs and kids above 5 months | ||
IIIrd year: vaccinate all un-vaccinated sheep and goat and new born lambs and kids above 5 months | ||
IVth year: vaccinate all sheep and goat above 5 months | ||
Vth year: vaccinate all un-vaccinated sheep and goat and new born lambs and kids above 5 months | ||
VIth year: vaccinate un-vaccinated sheep and goat and new born lambs and kids above 5 months | ||
3. | Adlib vaccines available for disease eradication | Carpet vaccination for 5 years (vaccinate all sheep and goat above 5 months for 5 years). And maintain immune belt to check any infiltration from out side |