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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14391"><p>May I offer what I think are a couple of corrections to Omak's comments (if I'm wrong, please don't anybody hesitate to correct me!). I agree on the need for and advisability of getting cows vacinated for "bangs" -- but unvacinated cows can certainly be sold at private treaty and in weekday sale barns, etc. -- happens every day. And I think that currently the rule is that heifers can be as old as 10 months of age and the vet will still vacinate and ear tag them. I think the maximum allowable age used to be 12 months but there was a concern, or belief, that heifers that were vacinated at 12 months of age were showing "false positive" test results when those animals grew into cows and were later bangs tested at sale barns, etc. So the gov't. dropped the age down to 10 months. That being said, I agree that it is certainly important to have heifers vacinated for bangs -- if you ever have a cow that fails the bangs test at a sale barn you will get a much reduced price for her at that sale and your herd will, at the very minimum, be quarantined, as will the herds of neighbors, etc. A real "pisser" all around. Also, buyers at spring and fall replacement sales want to buy animals that have had all the necessary vacinations, so not getting the heifers vacinated could hurt you later down the road even if they don't come down with bangs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14391"] May I offer what I think are a couple of corrections to Omak's comments (if I'm wrong, please don't anybody hesitate to correct me!). I agree on the need for and advisability of getting cows vacinated for "bangs" -- but unvacinated cows can certainly be sold at private treaty and in weekday sale barns, etc. -- happens every day. And I think that currently the rule is that heifers can be as old as 10 months of age and the vet will still vacinate and ear tag them. I think the maximum allowable age used to be 12 months but there was a concern, or belief, that heifers that were vacinated at 12 months of age were showing "false positive" test results when those animals grew into cows and were later bangs tested at sale barns, etc. So the gov't. dropped the age down to 10 months. That being said, I agree that it is certainly important to have heifers vacinated for bangs -- if you ever have a cow that fails the bangs test at a sale barn you will get a much reduced price for her at that sale and your herd will, at the very minimum, be quarantined, as will the herds of neighbors, etc. A real "pisser" all around. Also, buyers at spring and fall replacement sales want to buy animals that have had all the necessary vacinations, so not getting the heifers vacinated could hurt you later down the road even if they don't come down with bangs. [/QUOTE]
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