Adverse reactions to FMD vaccine.
A case of adverse post-vaccination allergic reactions, which occurred in a dairy cattle herd 8 days after the annual foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccination, is described. The dermatologic lesions observed in these cattle included: urticaria, exudative and necrotic dermatitis, along with oedema and vesicles on the teats. These reactions occurred in 11.3% of the heifers, in 10% of the first-lactating cows and in 14.6% of the adult cows. The average loss of milk production for an affected cow on this farm was 21.5% per day, for seven consecutive days. The extent of the lesions was apparently related to concurrent diseases such as bovine virus diarrhea - mucosal disease complex (BVD-MD) and Johne's disease and, to a lesser degree, correlated with the age or breed.
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Hachaklait Gedera and the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12 Rehovot 76100, Israel. chkl357@netvision.net.il
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003612:Dairying; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007557:Israel; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014765:Viral Vaccines