Annual vaccination calendars for cattle, goats, sheep and poultry across all 54 African countries. Local vaccine prices, government campaign dates, and printable schedules.
AfroTools' Livestock Vaccination Schedule helps African farmers plan annual vaccination programmes for cattle, goats, sheep, and poultry. Each country page uses locally-specific data: endemic diseases, government campaign months, vaccine prices from local veterinary services, and recommendations from national livestock ministries and FAO.
Cattle: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Blackleg, Anthrax, Lumpy Skin Disease, Brucellosis, East Coast Fever (ECF in East Africa), Rift Valley Fever, and Botulism (southern Africa).
Goats & Sheep: Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Goat/Sheep Pox, Clostridial diseases (Enterotoxemia, Tetanus), CCPP, and Bluetongue.
Poultry: Newcastle Disease, Gumboro (IBD), Fowl Pox, Marek's Disease, and Fowl Typhoid.
Most African governments conduct free or subsidised vaccination campaigns for priority livestock diseases. FMD, PPR, CBPP and Newcastle Disease are the most commonly covered. Register your animals with your local veterinary office or district livestock department to access free vaccines. Private veterinarians are available in urban and peri-urban areas for animals outside government campaign areas.
Core cattle vaccines include FMD (every 6 months), CBPP (annually), Blackleg (annually before rainy season), Anthrax (annually), Lumpy Skin Disease (annually before insect season), and Brucellosis for heifers (once). East African cattle also need ECF (East Coast Fever) vaccination.
PPR (Peste des Petits Ruminants) vaccination with the live attenuated Nigeria 75/1 vaccine provides 3 years of protection. Vaccinate kids at 4 months old. Under active government eradication campaigns, governments often vaccinate all small ruminants free of charge annually.
Village chickens should be vaccinated every 3 months using the I-2 thermostable vaccine, which works without cold chain. Commercial birds follow the schedule: day 7, day 21, day 56. Newcastle Disease kills 90–100% of unvaccinated flocks in outbreaks.
Many African governments provide free or subsidised vaccination campaigns for priority diseases including FMD, PPR, CBPP, and Newcastle Disease. Contact your local veterinary office to register your herd and access these campaigns.
East Coast Fever (ECF) is a tick-borne disease caused by Theileria parva that kills up to 100% of naive cattle in eastern and central Africa. It is vaccinated using the infection-and-treatment method (ITM) and is particularly important in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.