{"id":22376,"date":"2023-10-16T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carnisostenibili.it\/?p=22376"},"modified":"2023-10-16T18:17:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:17:49","slug":"animal-welfare-benefits-of-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnisostenibili.it\/en\/animal-welfare-benefits-of-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Welfare Benefits of Vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaccination not only supports better animal welfare but also helps reduce the need for antibiotic use.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine that contains a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state or proteins or toxins from the organism. <\/span>Vaccination<\/b> helps the immune system develop immunity from disease, stimulating the body’s adaptive immunity without infecting it with the disease. <\/span>Vaccines<\/b> help to prevent disease and work best when whole groups or populations of animals are vaccinated. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, <\/span>herd immunity<\/b> can even help to protect the unvaccinated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaccination is a highly effective method of <\/span>preventing sickness<\/b> from infectious diseases. In animals, <\/span>the effectiveness of vaccination<\/b> has been widely <\/span>studied and verified<\/span><\/a>. If a vaccinated animal comes into contact with a disease, its immune system will recognise it and immediately produce the antibodies it needs to fight it. <\/span>Vaccination promotes animal welfare by protecting animal health<\/b>. In the right circumstances, it can be used during disease outbreaks as a viable alternative to stamping out, thus avoiding the welfare problems that on-farm mass slaughter can cause. Also in <\/span>aquaculture<\/b>,\u00a0 <\/span>advances in vaccination technology<\/b>, diagnostics, and nutrition are helping to support fish health and welfare, reducing the need for antibiotic treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Protecting <\/span>animal health<\/b> through vaccination improves animal welfare, and maintaining good welfare ensures that animals can respond successfully to vaccination. Vaccinations are <\/span>a wise investment<\/b> with tremendous advantages for animal welfare, as disease outbreaks are often unpredictable and have <\/span>major financial implications<\/b> for a farm business. Modern, licensed vaccines are subjected to <\/span>rigorous safety and quality control standards <\/b>and are very safe.<\/span><\/p>\n#Vaccination is a very effective method of preventing infectious #diseases, and in #animals. Its effectiveness has been extensively studied and verified. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

The European Commission’s Animal Health Strategy (2007-2013) launched the motto: “<\/span>Prevention is better than cure<\/b>“, and this approach has been widely taken up by veterinarians, farmers and the animal health industry over the past years. <\/span>Veterinarians are great supporters of vaccination<\/b>, and back in 2016, they created <\/span>World Animal Vaccination Day<\/b><\/a>, an annual awareness day set on 20 April, to remind all animal owners of <\/span>the importance of vaccination<\/b> in preventative <\/span>animal health and welfare.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Veterinarians<\/b> believe that increased vaccination uptake in livestock poultry and fish can make a real difference in the level of disease across animal populations. And the animal health industry is supporting this <\/span>prevention approach<\/b> by researching and developing new vaccine technologies for both existing and <\/span>newly emerging diseases<\/b>, as well as developing new ways to administer vaccines to make disease prevention even more straightforward and <\/span>reduce animal stress<\/b> during administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: <\/span>European Livestock Voice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vaccination not only supports better animal welfare but also helps reduce the need for antibiotic use.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[675],"tags":[5611,5612,5614,5609,5610,5615,5613,5608],"class_list":["post-22376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-welfare-en","tag-animal-stress","tag-animal-vaccination","tag-animal-vaccines","tag-herd-immunity","tag-infectious-diseases-prevention","tag-prevention-approach","tag-preventive-vaccination","tag-world-animal-vaccination-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t