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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1619021" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Vaccinating cows with an 8 or 9 way Clostridial 2 months or so prior to calving should provide enough colostral antibodies against tetanus to protect baby calves. </p><p>Like greggy says, we do not recommend giving Clostridial bacterins to newborns... in all likelihood, they're not going to respond to them, and they do 'knock the calf back' to some degree... you don't want to do anything to make that baby feel bad and not nurse aggressively for the first 2-3 days. </p><p>Colostral antibodies probably interfere with calf's immune response to most vaccines for at least 2 months, so vaccination before 60 days for most things is not going to be very effective. </p><p>Really, about the only 'vaccines' anyone should administer to newborns are - and really, only if health issues in your herd indicate the need for them - oral rota/corona vaccine and intranasal IBR/PI3/BRSV; some would include C&D toxoid in this list of 'allowables'. If you're banding newborns, and the cows have not had tetanus vaccination (and appropriate boosters, if needed) recently, Tetanus Antitoxin (not Toxoid) can be given to provide immediate protection. </p><p>I have seen tetanus in baby calves banded with the green Cheerio... but not nearly so many as I have in bigger bulls banded at 4-8cwt. </p><p></p><p>First tetanus case I ever saw was in one of my own calves, knife-cut at about 450 lb. So... slitting the bag on a banded bull is no guarantee...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1619021, member: 12607"] Vaccinating cows with an 8 or 9 way Clostridial 2 months or so prior to calving should provide enough colostral antibodies against tetanus to protect baby calves. Like greggy says, we do not recommend giving Clostridial bacterins to newborns... in all likelihood, they're not going to respond to them, and they do 'knock the calf back' to some degree... you don't want to do anything to make that baby feel bad and not nurse aggressively for the first 2-3 days. Colostral antibodies probably interfere with calf's immune response to most vaccines for at least 2 months, so vaccination before 60 days for most things is not going to be very effective. Really, about the only 'vaccines' anyone should administer to newborns are - and really, only if health issues in your herd indicate the need for them - oral rota/corona vaccine and intranasal IBR/PI3/BRSV; some would include C&D toxoid in this list of 'allowables'. If you're banding newborns, and the cows have not had tetanus vaccination (and appropriate boosters, if needed) recently, Tetanus Antitoxin (not Toxoid) can be given to provide immediate protection. I have seen tetanus in baby calves banded with the green Cheerio... but not nearly so many as I have in bigger bulls banded at 4-8cwt. First tetanus case I ever saw was in one of my own calves, knife-cut at about 450 lb. So... slitting the bag on a banded bull is no guarantee... [/QUOTE]
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