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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 543694" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I am new to cattle (couple years) so I don't know if this will work but so far so good.</p><p></p><p>We have a couple very good vets in the area having been a dairy region of small farms for a long time. My neighbor recommended a good one he uses.</p><p></p><p>My planis to have him come out twice a year - December and June. He came out in December. We ran all of the cows and heifers through the corral, chute and headgate. He administered a couple vacinations, booster shots etc, pour on all, did bangs on two heifers, and preg checked all who were supposed to be bred. Gave very good estimates of how far along they were. Remarkable accurate acctually as it turned out. We found two open. He suggested culling them but one is a very nice heifer that I eventually decided to give another chance since I was not sure what sort of bull arrangements the source had. The other open cow was a bit ornery and is now in the freezer.</p><p></p><p>All of them came to me from other sources so I asked him to do whatever shots he recommended. Visit, services and materials on 11 head came to $230. which I thought was very fair. The thing that helps is not having to have him bring his chute and having animals ready to go (in the corral) when he gets there.</p><p></p><p>His next visit will be in about three weeks (late June) when the calves are about 90 days old and just before putting a bull in. Then he will vacinate the calves, castrate/cut the four bull calves, pour on as required, rest get a look over and booster shots as he sees fit. </p><p></p><p>I am hoping that scheduled twice a year vet visits will help eliminate the need to call the vet on holidays etc. This theory is not yet proven. I was very fortunate this spring in that the cows and heifers all calved on their own and so far 7 healthy active calves.</p><p></p><p>I hope that this preventive medicine approach works. Anyone else here on a regular vet visit program? How does it work out overall economically? I'm sure I could learn what and how to administer vacinations etc but I would rather have an experienced vet take a look at them twice a year plus take care of "scheduled maintenance". This next visit will probably cost $250 - 300 for 17 head or about $17. per head per visit or about $35./year per head. That seems like acceptable maintenance cost compared to what an emergency visit or other problems can cost or loss of an animal. That includes all medications, supplies and travel also. </p><p></p><p>Then his next visit will be in December when a major item will be preg check. That alone is worth a lot. How much does an open cow cost you to feed for a year?? This winter I WILL cull any open animals. At current hay and feed prices and when I know they were all in with a good bull for enough time any open yearling heifers or cows will immediately go to processing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 543694, member: 7509"] I am new to cattle (couple years) so I don't know if this will work but so far so good. We have a couple very good vets in the area having been a dairy region of small farms for a long time. My neighbor recommended a good one he uses. My planis to have him come out twice a year - December and June. He came out in December. We ran all of the cows and heifers through the corral, chute and headgate. He administered a couple vacinations, booster shots etc, pour on all, did bangs on two heifers, and preg checked all who were supposed to be bred. Gave very good estimates of how far along they were. Remarkable accurate acctually as it turned out. We found two open. He suggested culling them but one is a very nice heifer that I eventually decided to give another chance since I was not sure what sort of bull arrangements the source had. The other open cow was a bit ornery and is now in the freezer. All of them came to me from other sources so I asked him to do whatever shots he recommended. Visit, services and materials on 11 head came to $230. which I thought was very fair. The thing that helps is not having to have him bring his chute and having animals ready to go (in the corral) when he gets there. His next visit will be in about three weeks (late June) when the calves are about 90 days old and just before putting a bull in. Then he will vacinate the calves, castrate/cut the four bull calves, pour on as required, rest get a look over and booster shots as he sees fit. I am hoping that scheduled twice a year vet visits will help eliminate the need to call the vet on holidays etc. This theory is not yet proven. I was very fortunate this spring in that the cows and heifers all calved on their own and so far 7 healthy active calves. I hope that this preventive medicine approach works. Anyone else here on a regular vet visit program? How does it work out overall economically? I'm sure I could learn what and how to administer vacinations etc but I would rather have an experienced vet take a look at them twice a year plus take care of "scheduled maintenance". This next visit will probably cost $250 - 300 for 17 head or about $17. per head per visit or about $35./year per head. That seems like acceptable maintenance cost compared to what an emergency visit or other problems can cost or loss of an animal. That includes all medications, supplies and travel also. Then his next visit will be in December when a major item will be preg check. That alone is worth a lot. How much does an open cow cost you to feed for a year?? This winter I WILL cull any open animals. At current hay and feed prices and when I know they were all in with a good bull for enough time any open yearling heifers or cows will immediately go to processing. [/QUOTE]
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