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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 105593" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>If you don't have a history of calf scours on your farm, you shouldn't have a problem - especially this time of year.</p><p>If you had a known problem, the COW should be vaccinated 2 & 4 weeks prior to calving, so that her colostrom has the antibodies for the calf to suck.</p><p>In severe situations, where calves being born are getting E-Coli, than there is a vaccine that can be administered orally.</p><p></p><p>Unlike the "do nothing" approach. We iodine the naval as soon as possible after the calf sucks. We are in an extremely selenium deficient area & give a Bose (selenium) shot at the same time. We never vaccinate with anything until after they are 3 months of age (most vaccines recommend this minimum age.)</p><p>Now, if you are calving outdoors on nice clean pastures, your risk of naval ill are pretty small, and if your area is not selenium deficient, you don't need a Bose shot - maybe you will luck out with the "do nothing" route. It's just not for me, in our situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 105593, member: 968"] If you don't have a history of calf scours on your farm, you shouldn't have a problem - especially this time of year. If you had a known problem, the COW should be vaccinated 2 & 4 weeks prior to calving, so that her colostrom has the antibodies for the calf to suck. In severe situations, where calves being born are getting E-Coli, than there is a vaccine that can be administered orally. Unlike the "do nothing" approach. We iodine the naval as soon as possible after the calf sucks. We are in an extremely selenium deficient area & give a Bose (selenium) shot at the same time. We never vaccinate with anything until after they are 3 months of age (most vaccines recommend this minimum age.) Now, if you are calving outdoors on nice clean pastures, your risk of naval ill are pretty small, and if your area is not selenium deficient, you don't need a Bose shot - maybe you will luck out with the "do nothing" route. It's just not for me, in our situation. [/QUOTE]
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