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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1144357" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>roger, </p><p>Recent (in the last 10 years or so) investigations have pretty effectively demonstrated that maternal antibodies really don't interfere with a calf's ability to respond to most of the vaccines that we typically use in cattle. So, you can pretty well vaccinate at any time - though it does seem that a calf's immune function kind of 'bottoms out' between days 3-7 after birth - so, if you want good response to vaccines, you should avoid that short window of time. </p><p>C&D - it's in the polyvalent Clostridial bacterin/toxoids; here, blackleg/malignant edema is a bigger concern, so I'm gonna use the polyvalent product and cover all bases - then booster 4 weeks or so later. This would cut out one extra trip through the chute for you.</p><p>But, I'm not in your locality, and your veterinarian is...so I'll readily defer to his/her experience.</p><p></p><p>I'm not absolutely hung up on brand names - but!!! Some manufacturers have gone the extra mile to PROVE that their products are effective; others may function just as well, but they've not invested the time and $$ in field trials to be able to make a higher-tier label claim, such as 'prevents infection', as opposed to 'aids in prevention of disease', etc. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://beef.msu.edu/Resources/Health/UnderstandWhatVaccineLabelClaimsMean/tabid/572/Default.aspx" target="_blank">http://beef.msu.edu/Resources/Health/Un ... fault.aspx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1144357, member: 12607"] roger, Recent (in the last 10 years or so) investigations have pretty effectively demonstrated that maternal antibodies really don't interfere with a calf's ability to respond to most of the vaccines that we typically use in cattle. So, you can pretty well vaccinate at any time - though it does seem that a calf's immune function kind of 'bottoms out' between days 3-7 after birth - so, if you want good response to vaccines, you should avoid that short window of time. C&D - it's in the polyvalent Clostridial bacterin/toxoids; here, blackleg/malignant edema is a bigger concern, so I'm gonna use the polyvalent product and cover all bases - then booster 4 weeks or so later. This would cut out one extra trip through the chute for you. But, I'm not in your locality, and your veterinarian is...so I'll readily defer to his/her experience. I'm not absolutely hung up on brand names - but!!! Some manufacturers have gone the extra mile to PROVE that their products are effective; others may function just as well, but they've not invested the time and $$ in field trials to be able to make a higher-tier label claim, such as 'prevents infection', as opposed to 'aids in prevention of disease', etc. [url=http://beef.msu.edu/Resources/Health/UnderstandWhatVaccineLabelClaimsMean/tabid/572/Default.aspx]http://beef.msu.edu/Resources/Health/Un ... fault.aspx[/url] [/QUOTE]
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