Lauren Hall
Survey on vaccination technique in UK sheep farmers and the impact of training
Hall, Lauren; Reilly, Beth; Blackie, Nicola
Authors
Beth Reilly
Nicola Blackie
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 |
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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 |
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