copyright myhealthyherd.com 2015 BRD CONTROL PROGRAMMES: A GUIDE FOR VETS

PARTICIPANT SELECTION  Beef farmers  Breeders  Rearers  Beef from dairy  High risk  High prevalence  Achievers and Aspirants  Prevention and control programmes

1)GROUP MEETING  2 hour training workshop – on farm or suitable location  Group size 5 – 10  Three main areas to cover in training: 1. BRD risks and causes  Environment  Pathogens  Susceptibility 2. BRD prevention and control  Biosecurity  Bio-containment  Resilience  Surveillance 3. Treatment of clinical cases and metaphylaxis  Appropriate use of antimicrobials  Use of non-steroidals and steroids  Case selection and monitoring progress

Don’t give it all away at the first meeting! Objective is to engage farmers to progress to later stages and get the benefits of farm specific health planning for the prevention and control of respiratory disease

2)FARM VISITS – 3 HOURS + 1 HOUR TO CREATE BRD HEALTH PLAN 1. Complete BRD risk assessment on myhealthyheerd.com – entry and spread risks 2. Collect surveillance data that exists or look for yourself 3. Set up surveillance strategy and tasks 4. Collect samples if specific pneumonia a problem and surveillance strategy requires it (eg IBR, Mycoplasma etc) 5. Create BRD health plan (1 hour max) using myhealthyherd  Prevention  Control  Treatment  Vaccination

3)GROUP WORKSHOP – 2 HOURS  Organise workshop training meeting for the BRD group  Meet at a participant’s farm 1. Review BRD health plan 2. Demonstrate implementation 3. Discuss results 4. Motivate others

DO WE BELIEVE IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE? CAN WE SELL IT? Dr Sibley, I am reading about pneumonia. I don’t have this disease but I would like to pay you to come out here and advise me on how to avoid getting it. Thank you.

PRINCIPLES  An well-planned control programme will enable you to:  Prevent pneumonia  Control Pneumonia  Treat pneumonia  Strategically  Effectively  And get paid for it!

PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE: MYHEALTHYHERD PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL  Prevention is better than cure  Mostly  Risks  Entry  Spread  Surveillance  Resilience

Disease status of the herd Biosecurity Surveillance Resilience /immunity Biocontainmentand Control THE FOUR PILLARS SUPPORTING THE DISEASE STATUS OF A HERD

Intuitively, veterinarians test and treat Testing alone never controlled or prevented a disease Vaccination has limitations Biosecurity and bio-containment need to be part of disease prevention and control

THE ASPIRATION HIERARCHY  Decide on aspiration  Tolerance  Control  Eradication and freedom  Depends on  Resource  Priorities  Economic benefits

TREATMENT: IMPORTANT TO US AND THEM  Strategy  Detail  Best practice  Using MHH to create treatment plans

TREATMENT  Strategy  Detail  Best practice If all else fails; read the instructions

BASIC PLANNING  Use the health planning section of myhealthyherd.com  You can get full access, but you will need membership  Farmers can access the Health Planner module for free

USING MYHEALTHYHERD.COM  Beef or dairy herds  Up to three “herds” per farm  Use strategically  Find your way around before you go to the farm  Try to use it “live” and engage the farmer  Paper based data collection forms are available from the Resources section of the site

BIOSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT: THE RISKS OF PATHOGENS ENTERING THE HERD  Complete general biosecurity risk assessment (cattle, people and objects)  Then complete disease specific risks for Bovine Pneumonia  Myhealthyherd will do the maths

BIOSECURITY RISKS The report will form the summary and basis of a biosecurity plan:  For herds that have not yet been affected by BRD  For herds that are affected, have high aspirations and wish to control the disease

RISKS OF SPREAD:1) HOUSING RISKS

SPACE AND AIR CALCULATOR

RISKS OF SPREAD: 2) ENVIRONMENTAL

RISKS OF SPREAD: 3) GROUPING RISKS

RISKS OF SPREAD: 4)RESILIENCE RISKS  Resilience, natural or acquired  Husbandry factors are important  Control strategies may be based on resilience if these are shown to be the biggest risks

RISKS OF SPREAD: OVERALL  This summary will be the main discussion document leading to a prevention and control plan  Skills will be required to get to this point  Three hours of your time should be allocated to get to this point

BIOSECURITY PLANNING  The prevention of disease coming in to the herd  Risk reduction rather than risk elimination  Identify the hazards and manage them

BIOSECURITY PLANNING Like all good health plans:  V = Valued  E = Effective  S = Specific  P = Practical  A = Agreed

SURVEILLANCE PLANS What disease is present in the herd? How do you find out?  Ask  Count  Assess  Get a better system  Specific diagnoses

PREVALENCE AND RISK PREDICTION  Set priorities and create a starting point  What is likely to happen if you do nothing?  Knowing is not enough

CONTROL STRATEGIES

CONTROL TASKS

THE CONTROL PLAN  Concentrate on risk management  Vaccines alone are unlikely to work  Vaccine compliance is not good  Skill and judgements are required  VESPA

PROGRESS  The progress page will tell you where you are  Keep up with progress  Progress is not possible without change  Funding will help, but is not the solution