Immunoboost From research to onfarm results Joel Warren

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Immunoboost From research to on-farm
results!Joel Warren
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Who is Bioniche Animal Health?

• 1979 Vetrepharm Animal Health
• (formed by 50 Canadian veterinarian shareholders)
  
• Specific goals
• Seek alternative technologies to prevent,
  control treat animal
  diseases
• Reduce the animal health industrys
  reliance on antibiotics
• Develop products from the companys own research
  to meet producer veterinarian
  on-farm needs

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What is Immunoboost actually?

• 1st USDA licensed immune stimulant for cattle
• Mycobacterial cell wall fraction immunostimulant
• Injectable, biological treatment
• Significantly reduces mortality clinical signs
  of enteropathogenic E. coli scours in calves, 1-5
  days of age

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What is Immunoboost actually?

• Non-pathogenic bacterium derived
• Contains 3 parts of cell wall that stimulate
  immune system
• Single dose, powerful enough to break white blood
  cell threshold to stimulate non-specific immune
  response
• Whole cell products CANNOT provide stimulation in
  one dose to break this threshold without
  side effects
• Immunoboost boosts the immune system quickly,
  rather than over a few days and with multiple
  doses

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How does it work?

• Stimulates non-specific immune response in 2
  hours persists up to 1 week
• Non specific generalized immune response
  (up-regulates the immune system) has
  antibacterial antiviral activity
• Key WBCs stimulated
• Neutrophils (eliminate bacteria)
• Macrophages (eliminate extra cellular viruses
  kick starts the bodys own immune
  cascade response)
• Cytotoxic or killer T-cells (seek out
  virus-infected cells)

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The immune system is complex?
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How does Immunoboost work?
Turn on the immune system
turn off disease!
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When should one use Immunoboost?

• Earlier the better, in disease situations
• Over-rides cortisol allowing faster,
  better interferon
  release
• Predictable health challenge situations, as
  preventive
• Given early, can nip sub-clinical infections
  before they become fully
  established
• Given when animal is sick can shorten duration
  severity of disease and clinical
  symptoms
• Relapse, following Immunoboost use,
  hardly ever seen

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Other areas of MCW research?

• Intramuscular / Sub Q use
• Other bacteria viral caused diarrheas
• Pneumonias
• Skin problems (warts ringworms)
• Endometritis/mastitis
• Vaccine enhancement

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Recommended dosage?

• Single, 1 cc dose intravenously
• Research indicates 1 cc per 200 lbs, for heavier
  animals
• May repeat Immunoboost in 1 week, if necessary,
  to assist in heavy
  infections/clean-up of cellular damage

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Why does Immunoboost make sense for
Organic Dairy farms?

• Antibiotics CANNOT be used without pulling animal
  from organic program placing in conventional
  dairy
• Antibiotics are effective for specific bacterial
  infections
  but DO NOT treat viral problems
• Antibiotics only target specific bacteriums cell
  membrane but immune system cells are still needed
  for clean-up of debris and to deal
  with whole bacteria cells
• Antibiotics do not stimulate macrophages or
  killer T-cells, important when dealing with viral
  infections

Immunoboost has NONE of these
limitations!
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Is it approved for Organic Dairy?
Immunoboost has recently been OMRI listed!
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Visit the Immunoboost website!
Directions for use Research
studies Producer Guide Questions
Answers Where to get Immunoboost
www.Immunoboost.info
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Thank you!
Thank you!