Ongoing disease recording can also be very effec%vely used to monitor the success
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obtained by comparing disease occurrence over different years and especially
during the year in which new or more intensive preven%on strategies were
prescribed.
4. Monitor the Efficacy of the Disease-Prevention or Early-Treatment
Ongoing disease recording will also give an indica%on of the effect of different
Strategy
environmental condi%ons (mainly varia%on in rainfall) on the occurrence of some
disease condi%ons.
Disease Distribution: Liver fluke [ Apr 2014 - Mar 2018 ]
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018
Estcourt Vet Clinic
No reported clinical disease case involving liver
fluke in dairy caXle recorded during the last 17
months.
Use of the area-specific “Disease
Overview” as basis for the development
and provision of a holistic herd-health
service by the herd veterinarian.
The description in the previous few pages is just
an example of the approach that can be followed
for better management of internal parasites in
the veterinary practice area under discussion.
The critical factor is that disease patterns and
priorities differ totally from one area to the next,
and therefore such a “Disease Overview” is of use
only in the specific area where the recording was
done.
Practitioners that don’t participate in the disease
recording yet can contact Faffa (RUVASA) or Frikkie
Beukes (V-Net) to get more detail in order to
participate and develop a “Disease Overview” for your
own practice area.
Images supplied by Karen Grobler at Afrivet
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