Use this article to help identify the pre-disposing conditions for the development of clostridial diseases and cheesy gland. If these conditions exist, adopt management strategies to prevent the diseases. Both clostridial disease and cheesy gland are prevented by vaccination.
Vaccines available
Several companies sell vaccine as either 3-in-1 (pulpy kidney, tetanus, cheesy gland) or 5-in-1 (pulpy kidney, tetanus, black disease, blackleg, malignant oedema) or 6-in-1 (clostridial diseases and cheesy gland). Vaccines are also available in combination with vitamin B12 and trace elements such as selenium but should only be used when cobalt or selenium are deficient.
