Earl Thigpen
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Milkmaid wrote
I don't want to start a long discussion on this subject - it's been covered several times but it was my understanding, and I've asked the specific question several times, that to qualify as having "organic" or "natural" beef, antibiotics were not allowed. So if that is true what in a vaccination would cure an ailment in a calf (like pneumonia sp) if not an antibiotic? I'm not trying to be a smart a$$, I truly want to understand this. The vaccine I use every year contains not one but I think two antibiotics (I'll have to look).
Please PM me because like I say I don't want to kick this off again.
Thanks
As far as vaccines go... I don't give anything until 2-3 months of age. Before that, maternal antibodies from passive transfer (read that as, 'colostrum that calves received') interfer with building immunity to vaccines. In other words, you'd be wasting your money to vaccinate those calves right after birth.
Also... vaccines are not medication. There's no problem with marketing vaccinated animals as "natural". Even organic regulations permit vaccination. Medication would be along the lines of antibiotics.
I don't want to start a long discussion on this subject - it's been covered several times but it was my understanding, and I've asked the specific question several times, that to qualify as having "organic" or "natural" beef, antibiotics were not allowed. So if that is true what in a vaccination would cure an ailment in a calf (like pneumonia sp) if not an antibiotic? I'm not trying to be a smart a$$, I truly want to understand this. The vaccine I use every year contains not one but I think two antibiotics (I'll have to look).
Please PM me because like I say I don't want to kick this off again.
Thanks