Weaned Calves

ford4610

Lads,

I am wondering what doses/vaccinations do ye recommend for weaned calves 4 months old on grass apart from worm, blackleg, fluke?

Base price

IBR vaccine. We use Rispoval intranasal but there is another one called Bovipast

Farmer Pudsey

ford4610 wrote: »

Lads,

I am wondering what doses/vaccinations do ye recommend for weaned calves 4 months old on grass apart from worm, blackleg, fluke?

If they are bucket fed I would not do much more than fluke worms and blackleg.

fanadman1

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

If they are bucket fed I would not do much more than fluke worms and blackleg.

You dont think the pnemiona one would be worth while ?

Farmer Pudsey

fanadman1 wrote: »

You dont think the pnemiona one would be worth while ?

Not with bucket fed calves such as Friesans, AAX, HEX, LMX not sure about bucket fed BBX or CHX but imagine that they are much the same.

fanadman1

Why if you dont mind me askin its not that expensive

Base price

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Not with bucket fed calves such as Friesans, AAX, HEX, LMX not sure about bucket fed BBX or CHX but imagine that they are much the same.

No offence Puds but it depends on where the calves/weanlings come from.
If from one source (off a single farm) than less risk. However if from a mart or dealer then the risk is escalated.
We always IBR vaccinate young stock on arrival. Only costs about 2.50 a head.

greysides

Base price wrote: »

IBR vaccine. We use Rispoval intranasal but there is another one called Bovipast

Just on a point of information. Despite the name (Rispoval was originally an IBR vaccine, now it's a family of vaccines), there is no IBR component in Rispoval Intranasal...

Rispoval RS+PI3 Intranasal

Uses

For active immunisation of maternally derived antibody positive or negative calves from 9 days of age against BRSV and PI3V, to reduce the mean titre and duration of excretion of both viruses.

Onset of immunity: 5 days for BRSV and 10 days for PI3V after a single vaccination.

Duration of protective immunity: 12 weeks following a single dose.

greysides

Bovipast RSP

The combination vaccine Bovilis Bovipast RSP was specifically created to help protect against some of the most harmful pathogens encountered in UK calf pneumonia:
Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica
RSV – Respiratory Syncytial Virus
PI3 – Parainfluenza 3 Virus

Bovilis Bovipast RSP was the first – and remains the only – vaccine to combine protection against both bacteria and viruses.

sucklerlover

ford4610 wrote: »

Lads,

I am wondering what doses/vaccinations do ye recommend for weaned calves 4 months old on grass apart from worm, blackleg, fluke?

I do them with bovipast and bovillis for pneumonia.you could b glad come the winter as I find it cuts down problems in the sheds.

Farmer Pudsey

sucklerlover wrote: »

I do them with bovipast and bovillis for pneumonia.you could b glad come the winter as I find it cuts down problems in the sheds.

Are they bucket reared or sucklers.

ford4610

The vet said there is no need to do them with IBR vaccine, they only needed a antibiotic for a cough.

ford4610

He said you should only do them for IBR if you had a problem with it in the past.