Colombia: Sanitary plan, a key factor that should not be missing in any cattle farm

The health plan covers all those practices or programmed actions that seek to reduce the health risks for the animals, be it with management measures, the application of vaccines or antiparasitics and other products, thus preventing the presentation of diseases. This was stated by Ricardo Arenas, a specialist veterinary doctor, in a new chapter of the Livestock Practical Manual prepared by the Colombian Federation of Livestock Farmers (Fedegán), where he indicated that with the exception of officially controlled diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, bovine brucellosis and rabies that have specific regulations and an official vaccination schedule, prevention practices for other diseases must be defined taking into account the region, type of production and breed of animals, as well as the characteristics of each farm and always in the hands of a veterinarian. A health plan is understood as the set of measures to preserve the health of the herd and begins by ensuring the adequate ...