A randomised control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercial vaccine for pinkeye in Australian beef cattle

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Pinkeye (a generic term to describe infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis) is a significant disease of cattle worldwide, impacting productivity and animal welfare. One commercial pinkeye vaccine, a systematically administered Moraxella bovis bacterin, has been available in Australia since 2007. This is the first field trial of the effectiveness of this vaccine for the prevention of naturally occurring disease in Australia. Extensively run beef herds in southwest Queensland that regularly experienced pinkeye were enrolled in the trial and animals were randomly allocated to vaccinated and control groups in different proportions in each herd. The subsequent incidence of clinical pinkeye between the two groups was compared for animals less than one-year-old. Data were analysed from 649 cattle from five herds over two pinkeye seasons: three herds of 390 calves from 1st November 2019 to 20th January 2020 and two herds of 259 calves from 23rd September 2020 to 21st April 2021. Pinkeye was common with 24% of all calves (156/649) contracting the disease during the trial. Univariable and multivariable binary logistic mixed-effect models were fitted to account for clustered data and potential residual confounding due to sex, weight, breed, coat colour, and periocular pigmentation. The incidence of pinkeye was not significantly different between vaccinated and control groups, both alone (p = 0.67) and after adjusting for sex and weight differences (p = 0.69). The vaccine was not protective against naturally occurring pinkeye under the field conditions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:210

Enthalten in:

Preventive veterinary medicine - 210(2023) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 105815

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kneipp, Mac [VerfasserIn]
Green, Alexandra C [VerfasserIn]
Govendir, Merran [VerfasserIn]
Laurence, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Dhand, Navneet K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Australia
Bacterial Vaccines
Cattle
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
Journal Article
Piliguard
Pinkeye
Randomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
Vaccine

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Date Completed 26.12.2022

Date Revised 26.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105815

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350248826