BVD Virus Control and Eradication - Academy of Veterinary Consultants Technical Briefs
 
5th U.S. BVDV Symposium

5th U.S. BVDV Symposium

Date: November 17-18, 2011

Location: San Diego, California

Preventing, detecting, and controlling the spectrum of diseases caused by BVDV

For more information visit the conference website at:

www.bvdvmtg2011.org 
 
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Resource Page
A large amount of information has been produced regarding BVDV disease, diagnosis, prevention, and control methods.  This virus affects primarily cattle and the impact of the disease varies based on the production and management situation.  Some literature describing general information such as the virus and diagnostic methods can be transferred between production situations, however, biosecurity and control programs are usually specific for management systems.  Finding the right information for the correct situation is critical to implementing a successful control or elimination program.  This website was created to consolidate BVDV information in a single location on the internet.

The goal of this website is to provide a clearinghouse for BVDV information.  Members from two national committees (National Cattlemen’s Beef Association BVD Working Group  and Academy of Veterinary Consultants ad hoc BVD Committee) have contributed to the design and content on the site.  The site contains a section for peer-reviewed manuscripts (divided by topic), non-peer reviewed articles,  and links to external sites with pertinent information.  Articles listed contain information regarding vaccination programs, diagnostic testing programs to identify persistently infected calves, herd management and biosecurity programs, economics of BVD control and mitigation, and information on BVD in other species. The site also houses software tools that help make decisions associated with BVDV testing or control programs.   These tools allow evaluation of risk of BVD introduction and economic comparisons of BVD testing and control strategies. Finally, the site contains information from national BVD committees including current position statements and schedules for upcoming meetings.  This website will provide one stop for collecting valuable BVDV information to help keep producers, veterinarians and researchers up to date on the latest information.