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<blockquote data-quote="Dempster" data-source="post: 1514009" data-attributes="member: 32761"><p>The risk of tetanus when banding young calves at birth or branding time is much less then when banding a 500+ pound calf of weaning age or after. I probably wouldn't give anything for tetanus to a calf when banding at birth, and would be inclined to not do anything at branding time either. If you really want to play it safe, you could give all your bull calves a covexin or cavalry at birth and booster that dose at branding time and band then. However, most people could probably go a lifetime banding calved at branding and never see a tetanus case, especially if they domt have a history of tetanus on their farm before. </p><p></p><p>A single dose of tetanus toxoid at the time of banding probably does nothing to prevent tetanus. If you band a lot of larger calves and want protection, you need to find a way to at least get a dose in a month prior to working them. Additionally, if you are routinely banding a lot of weaning age or older calves, you need to make production changes to get these calves castrated sooner. Unless you are raising seed stock and making choices on which bulls to keep, I don't think there is any excuse to be banding most of your calves at weaning time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dempster, post: 1514009, member: 32761"] The risk of tetanus when banding young calves at birth or branding time is much less then when banding a 500+ pound calf of weaning age or after. I probably wouldn't give anything for tetanus to a calf when banding at birth, and would be inclined to not do anything at branding time either. If you really want to play it safe, you could give all your bull calves a covexin or cavalry at birth and booster that dose at branding time and band then. However, most people could probably go a lifetime banding calved at branding and never see a tetanus case, especially if they domt have a history of tetanus on their farm before. A single dose of tetanus toxoid at the time of banding probably does nothing to prevent tetanus. If you band a lot of larger calves and want protection, you need to find a way to at least get a dose in a month prior to working them. Additionally, if you are routinely banding a lot of weaning age or older calves, you need to make production changes to get these calves castrated sooner. Unless you are raising seed stock and making choices on which bulls to keep, I don't think there is any excuse to be banding most of your calves at weaning time. [/QUOTE]
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