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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1715770" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>No vaccines? I'm sorry, that's just <u>stupid</u>. I'm not being 'mean', I'm just telling it like it is... and, believe me, I've done 'stupid'.</p><p>Now that you've given us that little fact... I'd say that there's a 95+% likelihood that your calf died of blackleg/malignant edema or one of the other Clostridial diseases. </p><p></p><p>Grass-fed, organic, antibiotic-free is one thing; not doing the minimal Clostridial bacterin/toxoid inoculations is a whole 'nother level of ignorance or idiocy.</p><p>There's really nothing you can do to prevent torsions, but not doing "blackleg' vaccinations just to fit in that 'box' is really just neglectful, and actually bordering on abuse... fatal Clostridial infections are exceedingly common, but are readily and inexpensively prevented with the bacterin/toxoids we have available. Even 'certified' organic production programs allow vaccination.</p><p>Please vaccinate the remaining calves, ASAP, and booster according to label directions. But... even at that, you may lose some more over the next 2-3 weeks.</p><p></p><p>Several years back, I was presented, at necropsy, with a half-dozen beautifully-marbled, nearly 'finished' feedlot steers that the owner/feeder had declined to vaccinate... "Because, it's so HARD on them.", he said... Not nearly as hard as dying, needlessly, of blackleg, I'd say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1715770, member: 12607"] No vaccines? I'm sorry, that's just [U]stupid[/U]. I'm not being 'mean', I'm just telling it like it is... and, believe me, I've done 'stupid'. Now that you've given us that little fact... I'd say that there's a 95+% likelihood that your calf died of blackleg/malignant edema or one of the other Clostridial diseases. Grass-fed, organic, antibiotic-free is one thing; not doing the minimal Clostridial bacterin/toxoid inoculations is a whole 'nother level of ignorance or idiocy. There's really nothing you can do to prevent torsions, but not doing "blackleg' vaccinations just to fit in that 'box' is really just neglectful, and actually bordering on abuse... fatal Clostridial infections are exceedingly common, but are readily and inexpensively prevented with the bacterin/toxoids we have available. Even 'certified' organic production programs allow vaccination. Please vaccinate the remaining calves, ASAP, and booster according to label directions. But... even at that, you may lose some more over the next 2-3 weeks. Several years back, I was presented, at necropsy, with a half-dozen beautifully-marbled, nearly 'finished' feedlot steers that the owner/feeder had declined to vaccinate... "Because, it's so HARD on them.", he said... Not nearly as hard as dying, needlessly, of blackleg, I'd say. [/QUOTE]
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