strategy
Vaccinating animals
Synonyms:
Innoculating fauna against disease Implementation:
In October 1993, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Office for Special Relief Operations deployed 1.5 million doses of live vaccine to Egypt to help control the latest outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF). RVF is a highly contagious viral disease that causes high rates of abortion and neonatal mortality in cattle, goats, and sheep, that can also be transmitted to humans, occasionally causing death. After international expert consultants and an FAO expert consultant assessed the extent of the epidemic, they urged Egypt's Veterinary Service to begin an immediate full-scale control programme. Aside from applying the FAO vaccine, measures adopted included restrictions on animal movements, strengthened control of the mosquitoes that carry the disease, and domestic production of the vaccine. Facilitates:
Reducing symptoms in animal diseases Facilitated by:
Organizing immunization programmeInsisting on compulsory vaccinationReducing cost of animal disease control Problems:
Animal vectors of diseaseDifficulty in identifying carriers of animal diseases
Economic loss through reduced productivity of diseased animals
Inadequate and insufficient immunization
Inadequate control of animal diseases
Inadequate vaccination of domestic animals
Infectious diseases in animals
Prohibitive cost of animal disease control
Risks of immunization
Vectors of animal diseases
Organizations:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
