Animal Health

To Animal Health

“Healthier families+healthier incomes = A healthier economy”

Monitoring animal health and preventing an outbreak of an animal disease is not only essential  to the country’s food supply and therefore to their health, but also to the country’s economy. Only healthy livestock will result in safe food supply and thus stable consumer prices.

Animal diseases with human health implications can adversely impact public health, global trade, and the stability of the agricultural segment of an economy. Those kind of disease outbreaks can actually cost a country millions if not billions of dollars due to animal slaughters, trade halts, and subsequent disease eradication efforts. This is why economic growth can even stagnate if improper access to medicines and animal care is unattainable.

Veterinary vaccines play a significant role in protecting animal health and reducing their suffering. This is also important regarding transmission of zoonotic and foodborne infections to people that can be prevented. The correlation between animal and human health is an approach known as‘One Health’. Looking at both areas simultaneously, one can prevent disease outbreaks across species.

Despite delivering a source of healthy, essential proteins through milk and meat to humans, healthy livestock is also a vital driver for farmers, families and for the communities around them.

Improving an animals well-being, farmers can increase  results in enhancing efficiency of food production, which can lead to greater income for themselves, but should also be taken into consideration due to the bourgeoning global over-population that we are facing. We need to ensure a safe, sufficient and nutritious food supply for future populations!

Especially in developing countries agriculture is still expanding. Vaccination provides significant net income benefits from reduction in livestock mortality, increased milk products, and savings by reducing antibiotic and acaricide treatments.

Animal vaccines demand the same cold chain as human vaccines, hence a dependable refrigeration network is crucial. A cold chain suffering from a decimated energy infrastructure prevents suitable refrigeration for vital vaccines .