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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1596065" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I've seen tetanus a few times in baby calves banded with the green Cheerio. </p><p>First case of tetanus I ever saw was in one of my own steers - knife-cut at about 400 lbs... so cutting isn't without some risk.</p><p> </p><p>But I've seen far more cases in 5-7cwt bulls banded with the surgical tubing. One particular wreck (they probably lost 40 steers before it was over)... they gave tetanus toxoid at the time of banding, but the calves 'lost the race'... their immune systems didn't make antibodies fast enough to overcome toxin production by the tetanus bacteria. An initial toxoid dose, 2-4 weeks prior to banding, with booster at the time of band application is best. Alternatively, you could give both tetanus toxoid AND tetanus antitoxin at the time of band application, and booster the toxoid 2 weeks or so later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1596065, member: 12607"] I've seen tetanus a few times in baby calves banded with the green Cheerio. First case of tetanus I ever saw was in one of my own steers - knife-cut at about 400 lbs... so cutting isn't without some risk. But I've seen far more cases in 5-7cwt bulls banded with the surgical tubing. One particular wreck (they probably lost 40 steers before it was over)... they gave tetanus toxoid at the time of banding, but the calves 'lost the race'... their immune systems didn't make antibodies fast enough to overcome toxin production by the tetanus bacteria. An initial toxoid dose, 2-4 weeks prior to banding, with booster at the time of band application is best. Alternatively, you could give both tetanus toxoid AND tetanus antitoxin at the time of band application, and booster the toxoid 2 weeks or so later. [/QUOTE]
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