Diseases preventable by vaccination

Our country is endemic to many diseases that cause severe economic losses due to drastic reduction in the production capacity. Some of the diseases are even highly fatal. Fortunately, vaccines are available for most of these diseases in our country and can be easily controlled if timely vaccination is carried out in a mass scale, covering a large proportion of the susceptible population (at least 80%). This section describes the following diseases that can be easily prevented by resorting to timely and regular vaccination:

1)   Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

2)   Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS)

3)   Black Quarter (BQ)

4)   Brucellosis

5)   Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)

6)   Rabies

7)   Anthrax

8)   Theileriosis