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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 8807"><p>Texas is not a bangs free state. It was recently declared TB free, except for a few counties. Maybe that's what your neighbor heard. Keep getting those heifers vaccinated. In Oklahoma to be certified Brucellosis free, you must have every animal tested two years in a row. Then each year thereafter, to retain the certification, every animal has to be tested. Any animal brought into the herd can't be sold as Certified until they've been bled with your herd two years. I think that's a USDA rule, but check with your local or state vet.<p>I had a rancher tell me this week that he no longer gives his heifer calves a Bangs shot because we have eradicated the desease. He said that the only herds that were not certified bangs free was a couple of dairy farms near El Paso and the Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. Can anyone shed any more accurate light on this subject. It seems that the last I read, there are still five or six counties in Texas that still have cattle with Bangs. Am I wrong? I<br>: assist the Vet at the local sale barn every Saturday and we get 5 or 6 each month that will test card positive. Many of them are cleared when the state inspector runs a site test on them but some are not. I don't know what happens to them when they go to Austin but if they card test positive and site test positive, we certainly have something going on.<br>: If any one has any current information as to how many herds and how many counties are still at risk, I would appreciate hearing from you. He has not convinced me and my heifers still get their bangs shot at about 6-8 months old.<br>: Thanks for listening and responding,<br>: Mack<br>: <p></p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:frankie@agdomain.com">frankie@agdomain.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 8807"] Texas is not a bangs free state. It was recently declared TB free, except for a few counties. Maybe that's what your neighbor heard. Keep getting those heifers vaccinated. In Oklahoma to be certified Brucellosis free, you must have every animal tested two years in a row. Then each year thereafter, to retain the certification, every animal has to be tested. Any animal brought into the herd can't be sold as Certified until they've been bled with your herd two years. I think that's a USDA rule, but check with your local or state vet.<p>I had a rancher tell me this week that he no longer gives his heifer calves a Bangs shot because we have eradicated the desease. He said that the only herds that were not certified bangs free was a couple of dairy farms near El Paso and the Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. Can anyone shed any more accurate light on this subject. It seems that the last I read, there are still five or six counties in Texas that still have cattle with Bangs. Am I wrong? I<br>: assist the Vet at the local sale barn every Saturday and we get 5 or 6 each month that will test card positive. Many of them are cleared when the state inspector runs a site test on them but some are not. I don't know what happens to them when they go to Austin but if they card test positive and site test positive, we certainly have something going on.<br>: If any one has any current information as to how many herds and how many counties are still at risk, I would appreciate hearing from you. He has not convinced me and my heifers still get their bangs shot at about 6-8 months old.<br>: Thanks for listening and responding,<br>: Mack<br>: <p> <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [email=frankie@agdomain.com]frankie@agdomain.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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