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how do you prevent black leg any old wifes tales

  • 04-10-2013 10:07pm
    #1
    sos67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi all I was just wondering any ideas on how to prevent blackleg in cattle,any old wife's tales.


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  • #2
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    sos67 wrote: »
    Hi all I was just wondering any ideas on how to prevent blackleg in cattle,any old wife's tales.

    covexin 8!!


  • #3
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    sos67 wrote: »
    Hi all I was just wondering any ideas on how to prevent blackleg in cattle,any old wife's tales.

    Tribovax T vaccine works for me as calves at turnout and again six weeks later.


  • #4
    munkus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭munkus


    Covexin 10 !!!

    Why would you look for old wives tales when science will do. This is value for money.


  • #5
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    munkus wrote: »
    Covexin 10 !!!

    Why would you look for old wives tales when science will do. This is value for money.

    one circuit of each field walking backwards each May does the trick around here, along with the vaccine


  • #6
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    bob charles wrote: »
    one circuit of each field walking backwards each May does the trick around here, along with the vaccine

    In the rain acourse... ;)


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  • #7
    bob charles
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    Username John wrote: »
    In the rain acourse... ;)

    no thats the cure for redwater but if you you walk backwards around the field and its raining the animals wont get cover for both blackleg and redwater, its either one or the other


  • #8
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    where is lost covey? he would sort this one out for us:D


  • #9
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    whelan1 wrote: »
    where is lost covey? he would sort this one out for us:D

    Lostcovey was great for the alternative medicine options, a bit of a new age maverick vet. this thread could draw LC out of the woodwork:)


  • #10
    porterhole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭porterhole


    Injected chopper wier into dew lap one time rond here


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