Animal Vaccines
Animal Vaccines Benefit
Animals
People
Environment
Benefits for Animals
Vaccines are the first line of defense against animal disease
Combined with quality nutrition and biosecurity practices that prevent the spread of disease on farms, animal vaccines:
Help fight disease
to protect the animal and lessen the impactof illness.1
Benefit the herd
by building immunity and preventing disease outbreaks.2
Lessen the duration of illness
resulting in improved animal health and well-being.
Benefits for people
Healthier animals produce more protein to feed a growing world population
Globally, for every two cattle vaccinated one less person goes hungry.3
Vaccinating 60% of cattle globally increases beef production to feed an additional 3.1 billion people.3
A 1% reduction in dairy cattle disease rates through preventative measures like vaccination increases milk production to support an additional 80 million people.3
Vaccination is the first line of defense against disease. Poultry disease was associated with a 5% increase in global hunger or 34 million people in 2019.3
Benefits for the environment
Healthy animals produce less emissions3
Healthy animals require fewer resources
to grow, reducing the environmental footprint of animal agriculture.3
Vaccinating herds and flocks results in less disease,
death loss and
wasted resources.
A global reduction in the infection rate of herds
is associated with a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.3
Vaccines are crucial to support the health of
animals, people and the environment.
Animal Vaccines
References
1National Library of Medicine. Richeson, J., Hughes, H., Broadway, P., Carroll, J. Vaccination Management of Beef Cattle: Delayed Vaccination and Endotoxin Stacking. Oct. 4, 2019;35(3):575-592. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2019.07.003. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7125876/#abs0010. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2025.
2Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. The Relationship Between Vaccines and Herd Immunity. April 9, 2021. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/relationship-between-vaccines-herd-immunity. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2025.
3Oxford Analytica. Animal health and Sustainability: A Global Data Analysis. A Report Produced for HealthforAnimals. April 18, 2023. 1-60. https://healthforanimals.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Animal-health-and-Sustainability-A-Global-Data-Analysis-July-23.pdf. Retrieved Feb. 3, 2025.