Vaccination prevents disease before it costs you animals, milk or eggs. In Isiolo, lead herder Halima Gedi saw high mortality in her sheep until Sidai vaccinated them against enterotoxaemia. She now promotes routine vaccination in her community.
Diseases Sidai vaccinates against
- Cattle, sheep and goats: lumpy skin disease, foot and mouth, Rift Valley fever, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP), peste des petits ruminants (PPR), anthrax, blackquarter, brucellosis, enterotoxaemia, rabies and East Coast fever.
- Poultry: Newcastle disease, Gumboro, Marek’s disease and fowl typhoid.
Planning routine vaccination
- Ask a Sidai vet which diseases are a risk in your area and when to vaccinate.
- Vaccinate healthy animals; sick animals may not respond well.
- Keep vaccines in the cold chain as the label requires.
- Record the date, vaccine and animals treated.
- Combine vaccination with good biosecurity: isolate new animals before mixing them with your herd or flock.
Sidai supplies and administers vaccines and delivers contract vaccination for county governments, donors and NGOs.
This guide gives general information. Always read and follow product labels, and ask a qualified Sidai vet or agronomist for advice on your own animals or crops.