Disease Prevention
Vaccination helps prevent the spread of infectious diseases among the livestock population. By immunizing animals against common pathogens, vaccination reduces the incidence and severity of diseases, leading to healthier animals and improving the overall health of the herd.
Economic effects
Food safety and security
Livestock vaccination contributes to food safety and security by reducing the risk of food-borne diseases from animals to humans. Vaccination helps control zoonotic diseases, which are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans through direct contact or consumption of contaminated food products.
General Hygiene
Diseases that affect livestock can have public health implications, especially if they are shared between humans and livestock. Livestock vaccination helps maintain human health by reducing the transmission of common pathogens between humans and livestock from animals to humans. This is especially important in areas where people have close contact with livestock, such as rural farming communities.