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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1126222" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>3-way.</p><p>Shouldn't be any fly problems,regardless of when you do them. </p><p>I've only done 2, so my experience is limited - but they probably were banded in May and fell off in June/July - peak fly season here. No probs.</p><p></p><p>If they've not been vaccinated against tetanus, I'd definitely want to give tetanus antitoxin at the time of band application - and probably a dose of tetanus toxoid, as well. Or, give TT a few weeks before band application, then booster when you put the band on.</p><p></p><p>Humane...I dunno. If I were doing some today - and have at least one in this spring's crop that is horned - I'd be doing cornual nerve blocks. Without a local anesthetic, they do run around shaking/pawing at their heads for a while, I guess until it goes completely numb. I think it's a lot less troublesome than having them cut off with Barnes dehorners or OB wire saw - at least for me, mainly because I've seen no issues with maggots. </p><p>Not sure if it's a proper analogy, but would you rather someone whacked your finger off with a cleaver, or put a rubber band on tightly so that it'll fall off? Of course the calves can't tell us which they'd prefer, but with either procedure, providing local anesthesia would be helpful; not mandated here, but it IS required on some places - if they even allow dehorning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1126222, member: 12607"] 3-way. Shouldn't be any fly problems,regardless of when you do them. I've only done 2, so my experience is limited - but they probably were banded in May and fell off in June/July - peak fly season here. No probs. If they've not been vaccinated against tetanus, I'd definitely want to give tetanus antitoxin at the time of band application - and probably a dose of tetanus toxoid, as well. Or, give TT a few weeks before band application, then booster when you put the band on. Humane...I dunno. If I were doing some today - and have at least one in this spring's crop that is horned - I'd be doing cornual nerve blocks. Without a local anesthetic, they do run around shaking/pawing at their heads for a while, I guess until it goes completely numb. I think it's a lot less troublesome than having them cut off with Barnes dehorners or OB wire saw - at least for me, mainly because I've seen no issues with maggots. Not sure if it's a proper analogy, but would you rather someone whacked your finger off with a cleaver, or put a rubber band on tightly so that it'll fall off? Of course the calves can't tell us which they'd prefer, but with either procedure, providing local anesthesia would be helpful; not mandated here, but it IS required on some places - if they even allow dehorning. [/QUOTE]
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