2025 Winter Test - Critical Health Information
IMPORTANT - Vaccine Information
Bulls MUST be vaccinated and boostered prior to delivery to IBEP. The following vaccination schedule complies with IBEP rules and maximizes timing for optimal immunity:
Initial Vaccination: 8/29/2025 to 9/23/2025
Booster Vaccination: No later than 10/7/2025
Intranasal (optional): 10/18/2025 to 10/24/2025
See the "Health Requirements" section of the Rules for the 2025 Winter Test for detailed vaccination information.
Modified Live Viral Vaccinations
All bulls MUST be vaccinated with a Modified Live viral vaccine. Acceptable products include: Bovi-Shield Gold 5, Vista 5, Pyramid 5, and Titanium 5.
Intranasal Vacciation
We recommend bulls receive BOVILIS NASALGEN® 3-PMH (Merck Animal Health) 4 to 10 days prior to delivery. If not administered prior to delivery, bulls will be administered NASALGEN® 3-PMH on delivery day.
ALL DAMS!
Current Johne's test on gestating and/or foster dam. See the Rules, "Health Requirements" section, item 3. Johne's samples need to be processed at an accredited American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) laboratory. See the list of laboratories below.
DO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS!
ASSUMPTIONS = REJECTED BULLS
If you have any questions about the health requirements for your bulls, please contact:
Dr. Bethany Funnell at (765) 494-8548 or bfunnell@purdue.edu
Dr. Ellen Burcham at (812) 849-4525 of ejarvis2vet@gmail.com
Please leave a message if they do not answer, they will call you back!
Regional AAVLD Accredited Laboratories
Purdue Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
406 S. University St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-7440
https://www.addl.purdue.edu
Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
For Specimens:
P.O. Box U
2001 South Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61802
(217) 333-1620
https://vdl.vetmed.illinois.edu/
Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
1490 Bull Lea Rd.
Lexington, KY 40511
(859) 257-8283
https://vdl.uky.edu
Ohio Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory
8995 East Main St.
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
(614) 728-6220
https://agri.ohio.gov/programs/animal-disease-diagnostic-lab
Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
4125 Beaumont Road, Room 128
Lansing, MI 48910-8104
https://cvm.msu.edu/vdl/
Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
445 Easterday Ln.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-5432 or (800) 608-8387
https://www.wvdl.wisc.edu
If your laboratory is not listed, please confirm with your laboratory that they have their AAVLD accreditation and ask for a copy to provide to IBEP veterinarians on delivery day.
Link to AAVLD accredited laboratories:
APHIS-Approved Laboratories for Johne's Disease Serologic Tests
https://tinyurl.com/5d6rxkrh (this is a pdf from 2020), located at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ApprovedLabs_Johnes_serology.pdf
Note that https://www.aphis.usda.gov/labs/approved-testing-labs gets to a Serum Elisa list from 2022 at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ApprovedLabs_Johnes_Serum_ELISA.pdf
I need to find out whether either one is accessible, but which is better?