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Can a calf be too young to Vacc. for Black Leg?
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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 554479" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>An old neighbour always used to say that you can also save yourself to bankrupcy.</p><p></p><p>Part of your problem is that you don't vaccinate your cows. Although I agree that mostly animals under the age of <u><strong>3</strong></u> will be affected and therefore you could argue that they are relatively out of harms way and don't need to be vaccinated. However if you don't vaccinate your cows they won't have the antibodies in the colostrum to pass onto their newborn calves so what you saved on not vaccinating the cows you lose in immunity in their calves.</p><p></p><p>Typically calves from vaccinated calves will be protected for the first 6 months of their lives from the immunity gained from their dam's colostrum. This buys you time to vaccinate them ahead of time. The ideal age would be to give the first shot at 4 months and the booster at 5 months, but if they are from vaccinated cows timing usually isn't as crucial.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 554479, member: 4353"] An old neighbour always used to say that you can also save yourself to bankrupcy. Part of your problem is that you don't vaccinate your cows. Although I agree that mostly animals under the age of [u][b]3[/b][/u] will be affected and therefore you could argue that they are relatively out of harms way and don't need to be vaccinated. However if you don't vaccinate your cows they won't have the antibodies in the colostrum to pass onto their newborn calves so what you saved on not vaccinating the cows you lose in immunity in their calves. Typically calves from vaccinated calves will be protected for the first 6 months of their lives from the immunity gained from their dam's colostrum. This buys you time to vaccinate them ahead of time. The ideal age would be to give the first shot at 4 months and the booster at 5 months, but if they are from vaccinated cows timing usually isn't as crucial. [/QUOTE]
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