Ag-West Biotech Inc. Livestock animals are important to Western Canadian agriculture. They produce the meat, dairy products and eggs that are an important part of our diet. We need healthy animals to produce high quality food for people.
Farmers work hard to protect their livestock.
Disease is a concern because it can cause suffering in animals and create large economic losses. One of the ways farmers manage infections is to use animal vaccines. They are an excellent weapon in disease prevention. Vaccines stimulate an animal's natural defense system, called the immune system, which protects the body from an invading illness. Vaccines are important because they help prevent infectious diseases which can spread rapidly through livestock herds and some illnesses work so quickly that medicine can not help.