AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Joe Gillespie, Senior Professional Services Veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, and Dr. Chris Chase, professor at South Dakota State University, to discuss vaccination of calves for bovine respiratory disease in the face of maternal antibodies. This podcast is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, sponsor of the Welcome Reception at the AABP Annual Conference. 

Our guests review maternal antibody protection for the calf and how it protects calves versus how vaccination protects calves. Vaccinating calves early in life for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is important, but it is important to understand the challenges with maternal antibody interference. Chase reviews the types of vaccines and the advantages and disadvantages of each type (intranasal, modified live and killed) as well as reviewing some new information about the efficacy of injectable modified live virus vaccines in calves. Gillespie also reviews the importance of adjuvants and why they make a difference for calf vaccine programs. Gillespie also discusses the importance of the herd veterinarian in working with farms to develop vaccine protocols for prevention of disease. 

Links:

https://aabp.org/resources/2023_Pyramid_Dual_Challenge_Research_Brief.pdf

https://aabp.org/resources/BRD_Battle_Plan.pdf

https://aabp.org/resources/Protecting_Calves_from_BRD.pdf