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Banding bull calves at older age
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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 622922" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Actually the incision is to let the nuts dry out faster. The intact scrotum slows the drying of the nuts. I do give tetnus toxoid at the same time. Toxoid is what the bander mfg. recommends.</p><p></p><p>A simple test for tightness is attempting to get your index finger between the band and scrotum after application. If you can easily get your finger in there it is not tight enough. Getting them this tight has never been a problem for me. If one were banding many head at a time your arms might get a little tired and I suppose the tightness might decline. For those banding large numbers the callicrate would probably give a more uniform tightness and be less tireing. I don't have anything against the callicrate bander but the california bander has worked well for me along with the cost saving. Have done 500+ head over the past few years without a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 622922, member: 2905"] Actually the incision is to let the nuts dry out faster. The intact scrotum slows the drying of the nuts. I do give tetnus toxoid at the same time. Toxoid is what the bander mfg. recommends. A simple test for tightness is attempting to get your index finger between the band and scrotum after application. If you can easily get your finger in there it is not tight enough. Getting them this tight has never been a problem for me. If one were banding many head at a time your arms might get a little tired and I suppose the tightness might decline. For those banding large numbers the callicrate would probably give a more uniform tightness and be less tireing. I don't have anything against the callicrate bander but the california bander has worked well for me along with the cost saving. Have done 500+ head over the past few years without a problem. [/QUOTE]
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