How can I protect my cows against Anaplasmosis?
First, let me emphasize the need to seek your local veterinarian’s advice in matters of animal health issues! Secondly, the producer must realize that there are two “states” of the disease, the active or acute state where the animal exhibits the symptoms of the disease, and the sub-acute, or “carrier” state of the disease where the animal is infected, but does not exhibit the symptoms of the disease. A vaccine has been developed at Oklahoma State University, but is not commercially available yet that will provide protection against the active, or acute state of the disease. Sub-therapeutic levels of chlortetracycline can be fed to cattle to help prevent an outbreak of the active form of the disease. This regime has been reasonably successful with both unexposed cattle, and cattle that harbor the disease in the “carrier” state. Therapeutic levels of chlortetracycline can be administered to cattle with an active infection and exhibiting symptoms of the disease to prevent their death with
