Knotty heifers and bulls!

[cowgal]

What causes knots to come up in the neck after a SQ injection? How can I prevent and how long till it goes away? (already been better than 6 months) Thanks for your input! ;-)

 

[sidney411]

I'm not sure why it happens on some animals and not others and some shots but not others but it is not a bad thing. Sometimes it will go away in a few months but if it has been there for 6 mts then they will probably stay there. I don't know how to prevent the knots but I wouldn't worry about them either. Think of it this way, if someone sees a knot on your calf they know that it was vaccinated with something.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Mostly "killed" vaccines will leave the knot. It is an alergetic reaction to the "carrier" (adjuvent sp??) in the vaccine. Some last for a few days some a lifetime. You have less likely of getting them with modified live vaccines.

 

[certherfbeef]

Dirty or dull needles will leave an injection site "knot" as well.
I have also has knots left if the animal was not properly restrained while the shot was being administered.

 

[Scotty]

Dirty or dull needles will leave an injection site "knot" as well.
I have also has knots left if the animal was not properly restrained while the shot was being administered.

Agree, needles are cheap compaired to your herds health. In some cases I chalk it up to bad luck. It always happens to my best looking animals.



Scotty

 

[cowgal]

Dirty or dull needles will leave an injection site "knot" as well.
I have also has knots left if the animal was not properly restrained while the shot was being administered.

Thank you all! It sounds like I maybe need to quit being so cheap with needles! Vet said needle sharing was okay, but maybe going to rethink this!

 

[dun]

We "needle share" and change it when it gets dull. Some animals will react to shots, others doen't. We have a cow that has a knot from every vaccination she's had, she's now 6 years old. Others never seem to react at all.
I just ascribe it to, you pays your money and takes your chances.

dun