Alternatively, Covexin 10 vaccine can be administered from 2 weeks old with a 4-week booster, to give a broader spectrum of protection against clostridial bloat. Drench for worms around 8 weeks old unless otherwise advised by your vet. Lice are a common problem. These can be controlled either using pour-on or injectable drenches.
Please ask your vet for advice on which option is best for your pet. A clean, dry and draught free environment is best for optimum health.
These animals must be tagged within six months of birth, or before they move off farm — whichever is soonest. NAIT tags are the only tags required by law. Animal Health Board AHB approved tags are no longer compulsory, but you should not remove these tags from existing animals.
Certain cattle breeds will grow horns. These are best removed when the calf is young. Franklin Vets will come to your home and de-horn your calf using pain relief and an electric iron to burn off the horn stubs. This is humane, quick and effective. Research from New Mexico State University using data from over calves from 48 sources showed that separating weaning and feedlot entry by 41 days or more produced greater net return in the feedlot than when calves were shipped to the feedlot less than 40 days after weaning.
Weaned calves perform better throughout the feeding process, and weaned, immunized calves perform the best. WEANING: Let calves sit overnight before processing; this gives time for their cortisol levels to drop before vaccination, enabling a better immune response. Option B is designed for calves processed 3 to 4 weeks before weaning, then shipped the day of weaning. This option is preferable to Option C because it allows time for the calves to maximize immunity in response to the booster vaccinations they received 3 to 4 weeks before weaning.
With this approach, calves are more capable of handling the stress from weaning and shipping combined with the stress and disease challenge inherent to commingling. Using Option C, calves are processed at weaning. This protocol is a good approach to calf vaccination when it is not practical to gather calves before weaning. When employing Option C, calves should not be shipped until 3 to 5 days after weaning because it is not as effective to vaccinate calves if they are weaned and shipped on the same day.
If it is not manageable to hold calves for 3—5 days and you must ship the same day as weaning, give the branding vaccinations as outlined below and ship as soon as possible after stripping off of the cow. An intranasal vaccination for the viral agents may be used if shipping will be delayed, and the calves can be intranasally booster vaccinated 24 hours before shipping. John C. Calves may succumb to acute toxic gut problems caused by Clostridium perfringens type A or E, rather than C or D, which are included in many 7 or 8-way clostricial vaccines.
The calves or their dams have been vaccinated, but calves are still dying. In this situation a producer may need help from the veterinarian to figure it out. Home Livestock Calving Should you vaccinate very young calves? Should you vaccinate very young calves? Hide comments. More information about text formats. Text format Comments Plain text.
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