Survey on vaccination technique in UK sheep farmers and the impact of training

Hall, Lauren; Reilly, Beth; Blackie, Nicola

Abstract

Background: Vaccines are commonly used in sheep farming. Compliance with vaccination protocols, and subsequent suboptimal vaccination technique are concerns in the industry.
Methods: An online survey was distributed to UK sheep farmers containing 31 questions covering vaccination storage, technique and training. Respondents were asked to mark on the image of a sheep where they would give Intramuscular, Cutaneous and Subcutaneous vaccines.
Results: From 370 respondents; only 26.1% of participants correctly identified the correct location for subcutaneous (SC), 38.0% cutaneous and 7.7% intramuscular (IM) vaccination. Almost half (45.5%) stored their vaccines in a fridge specific to veterinary medicines, only 33.9% used a temperature logger, and 6.4% checked their fridge temperature daily. Almost half (45.5%) kept their vaccines 48 hours or longer after broaching and 11.1% kept until next time. Significantly more respondents who had training correctly identified the location for intramuscular vaccination (P

Citation

Hall, L., Reilly, B., & Blackie, N. (2022). Survey on vaccination technique in UK sheep farmers and the impact of training. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1798

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 4, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 21, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 21, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 30, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 9, 2022
• Print ISSN: 0042-4900
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1798