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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1446226" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Knock on wood... had two cases in baby calves(<2 wks old) at turnout back in late March; not another case all summer long. </p><p>Treated 30-40 last summer. </p><p>I do not vaccinate - and have serious doubts about whether it works or not. I wouldn't be afraid to put my name out there on that - drug companies will not be calling me - or Firesweep's repro guy.</p><p>I have veterinary colleagues who, last year, had clients who'd vaccinated with both a commercial Moraxella bacterin and two doses of their own autogenous Moraxella bacterin, containing upwards of 10 M.bovis/M.ovis/M.bovoculi isolates, and still experienced trainwrecks. </p><p>But, if you think it's helped your situation... keep right on doing what you're doing. </p><p></p><p>I'm not even certain that I'm buying into the long-held tenet that M. bovis (and its ilk) are spread from cow to cow by face flies, spreading the disease. I've seen plenty of cases during times of year when there are no face flies around. </p><p></p><p>And IBR virus... maybe somebody, somewhere, sometime in the distant past managed to isolate or detect IBR in an animal with pinkeye, but we've tested thousands and have yet to find it. I'll still test for IBR on submitted samples when a vet requests it, but I'll bet them a Coke that the result will be negative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1446226, member: 12607"] Knock on wood... had two cases in baby calves(<2 wks old) at turnout back in late March; not another case all summer long. Treated 30-40 last summer. I do not vaccinate - and have serious doubts about whether it works or not. I wouldn't be afraid to put my name out there on that - drug companies will not be calling me - or Firesweep's repro guy. I have veterinary colleagues who, last year, had clients who'd vaccinated with both a commercial Moraxella bacterin and two doses of their own autogenous Moraxella bacterin, containing upwards of 10 M.bovis/M.ovis/M.bovoculi isolates, and still experienced trainwrecks. But, if you think it's helped your situation... keep right on doing what you're doing. I'm not even certain that I'm buying into the long-held tenet that M. bovis (and its ilk) are spread from cow to cow by face flies, spreading the disease. I've seen plenty of cases during times of year when there are no face flies around. And IBR virus... maybe somebody, somewhere, sometime in the distant past managed to isolate or detect IBR in an animal with pinkeye, but we've tested thousands and have yet to find it. I'll still test for IBR on submitted samples when a vet requests it, but I'll bet them a Coke that the result will be negative. [/QUOTE]
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