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Lost 3 to blackleg
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1685125" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I am sorry you lost the calves. We lost 3 many years ago but they were a little older, and we did not vaccinate them back then. Found out what it was, and that particular pasture seemed to be in an area that blackleg was very prominent. We always hit them with blackleg as calves now; usually 6-10 weeks as they get worked through the chute to go to pasture. No, we don't often give the second dose since they have a good immune response with the cows having a strong response... </p><p>We give black leg to the cows when they come through the chute for preg check now because there seems to be more problem with it around... especially with wet conditions. We also hit them with Lepto because it is very common in this area for dairy cattle to have lepto problems if they do not vaccinate for it regularly. Both blackleg and lepto are cheap so why not give them the shot. </p><p>Our vet said it was basically counter-productive to vaccinate baby calves as it works against the cows passive immunity passed on to the calves. BUT again, we started giving the cows the shot when they go through the chute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1685125, member: 25884"] I am sorry you lost the calves. We lost 3 many years ago but they were a little older, and we did not vaccinate them back then. Found out what it was, and that particular pasture seemed to be in an area that blackleg was very prominent. We always hit them with blackleg as calves now; usually 6-10 weeks as they get worked through the chute to go to pasture. No, we don't often give the second dose since they have a good immune response with the cows having a strong response... We give black leg to the cows when they come through the chute for preg check now because there seems to be more problem with it around... especially with wet conditions. We also hit them with Lepto because it is very common in this area for dairy cattle to have lepto problems if they do not vaccinate for it regularly. Both blackleg and lepto are cheap so why not give them the shot. Our vet said it was basically counter-productive to vaccinate baby calves as it works against the cows passive immunity passed on to the calves. BUT again, we started giving the cows the shot when they go through the chute. [/QUOTE]
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