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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 541393" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>This is the first year in ten or twelve that we have not vaccinated for pinkeye.</p><p></p><p>Vet said that he had observed a real falloff in efficacy. Said there is a new pinkeye vaccine on the horizon and when it comes out that he may start recommending it again.</p><p></p><p>Regarding mineral. we feed a good balanced mineral with chlorotetracycline in it.</p><p></p><p>We had a couple of bad outbreaks of pinkeye a few years ago and vet had us do three things.</p><p>1. start vaccination program for pinkeye</p><p>2. start fly tagging in spring</p><p>3. start the medicated mineral</p><p>4. we have long used back rubs for fly control. helps til late summer.</p><p></p><p>I have long thought that the mineral was the most beneficial of the three things.</p><p></p><p>we suspended the fly tagging about three or four years ago with no negative impact.</p><p></p><p>this year we did not vaccinate. Will report if we start to have problems.</p><p></p><p>I firmly believe that closed herds that are allowed to adapt to the managment on the farm have dramatically less health related problems than herds that bring in cattle. We closed our herd about fifteen years ago and will only bring back one of our bulls from test to use for cleanup. that is the extent of our outside exposure. We raise our own replacments.</p><p></p><p>I was even thinking last night that the cattle must develop a genetic predispositon to a consistnet managment scheme. I say that becasue we just weaned our replacment heifers and bulls last Saturday. this is either a group of calves that is genetically disposed to our managment or they are the smartest calves I have ever raised. Normally I have to walk the calves to the barn the first couple of weeks for them to learn the routes and to come for feed.</p><p></p><p>this years calves I turned out on the third day after weaning and they had already learned where the feed bunk was and were all started eating. I put the bulls in a small lot and the heifers into another larger lot. the first night they all came to call at feeding time. Last night six days post weaning they call when they see me and head for the barn. Sometimes they have to walk away from the barn to go thru a gate to come to the barn and they have figured this out too. these calves may be smarter than i am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 541393, member: 6543"] This is the first year in ten or twelve that we have not vaccinated for pinkeye. Vet said that he had observed a real falloff in efficacy. Said there is a new pinkeye vaccine on the horizon and when it comes out that he may start recommending it again. Regarding mineral. we feed a good balanced mineral with chlorotetracycline in it. We had a couple of bad outbreaks of pinkeye a few years ago and vet had us do three things. 1. start vaccination program for pinkeye 2. start fly tagging in spring 3. start the medicated mineral 4. we have long used back rubs for fly control. helps til late summer. I have long thought that the mineral was the most beneficial of the three things. we suspended the fly tagging about three or four years ago with no negative impact. this year we did not vaccinate. Will report if we start to have problems. I firmly believe that closed herds that are allowed to adapt to the managment on the farm have dramatically less health related problems than herds that bring in cattle. We closed our herd about fifteen years ago and will only bring back one of our bulls from test to use for cleanup. that is the extent of our outside exposure. We raise our own replacments. I was even thinking last night that the cattle must develop a genetic predispositon to a consistnet managment scheme. I say that becasue we just weaned our replacment heifers and bulls last Saturday. this is either a group of calves that is genetically disposed to our managment or they are the smartest calves I have ever raised. Normally I have to walk the calves to the barn the first couple of weeks for them to learn the routes and to come for feed. this years calves I turned out on the third day after weaning and they had already learned where the feed bunk was and were all started eating. I put the bulls in a small lot and the heifers into another larger lot. the first night they all came to call at feeding time. Last night six days post weaning they call when they see me and head for the barn. Sometimes they have to walk away from the barn to go thru a gate to come to the barn and they have figured this out too. these calves may be smarter than i am. [/QUOTE]
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