Blackleg vaccine

Bigbird1

I was giving blackleg vaccine to 15 mth old bullocks today and a guy was telling me that there was no need to if they were done last year as calves, is this true ? They were all done as calves, 2 shots, 6 weeks apart, so does this cover them for life?

tanko

Pretty sure he's wrong, it only lasts 12 months. Another shot now will cover them for the next year.

Farrell

No tooth or has no calf/lamb gets a shot here

_Brian

If your ground is prone to blackleg then vaccinate every year.

I'm really not sure what leaves ground prone or not, isn't it an anaerobic infection ??

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

If your ground is prone to blackleg then vaccinate every year.

I'm really not sure what leaves ground prone or not, isn't it an anaerobic infection ??

I thought it was every 6 months. I've been injecting too often if that's the case

patsy_mccabe

Initial injection when the calves are over 2 weeks of age, followed by a booster after 6 weeks. Then anything that sunder 2 years old gets one again early in the year.
I think open exposed soil is the worst culprit. I lost my best heifer weanling to it a couple of years back. I had the vaccine in the fridge and forgot to give it the week before. We never had a case before that in living memory.

teddy 1223

Give the calf the vaccine when older than two weeks , and then 4- 6 weeks later give a booster shot. And a year later give it another shot. How long do people keep an open bottle of blackleg vaccine in the fridge??

kk.man

teddy 1223 wrote: »

Give the calf the vaccine when older than two weeks , and then 4- 6 weeks later give a booster shot. And a year later give it another shot. How long do people keep an open bottle of blackleg vaccine in the fridge??

Drip candle wax on the rubber part...it seals it

patsy_mccabe

I've seen lads take the bottle from up on a timber in a shed and inject away. So much for fridge and use by time when deal is broken.

Attie

teddy 1223 wrote: »

Give the calf the vaccine when older than two weeks , and then 4- 6 weeks later give a booster shot. And a year later give it another shot. How long do people keep an open bottle of blackleg vaccine in the fridge??

Got a bottle of vaccine last year with a good long use by date vet said would be okay for this year but to keep it in the fridge. Problem is it's hard to see when affected to late by then. Old folks always said it was in old pasture or near a bog. Thank goodness I never lost any to it.

_Brian

Attie wrote: »

Got a bottle of vaccine last year with a good long use by date vet said would be okay for this year but to keep it in the fridge. Problem is it's hard to see when affected to late by then. Old folks always said it was in old pasture or near a bog. Thank goodness I never lost any to it.

I don't know, we have old pasture meadows on peaty enough ground in places but never had it on the home farm and never vaccinate.

Had land rented 2 miles away few years ago and lost an animal with first two weeks.

pedigree 6

_Brian wrote: »

I don't know, we have old pasture meadows on peaty enough ground in places but never had it on the home farm and never vaccinate.

Had land rented 2 miles away few years ago and lost an animal with first two weeks.

They say land that is after flooding/waterlogged can bring the spores up to the surface.
Also if an animal dies with it not to drag the animal on the ground as the spores can go onto the ground and it's harder to get rid of it from the land.

cj maxx

kk.man wrote: »

Drip candle wax on the rubber part...it seals it

Thought I was the only one !!
We're talking about tribovax here ?

kk.man

cjmc wrote: »

Thought I was the only one !!
We're talking about tribovax here ?

Hep p plus....n everything else to be sure

Cattlepen

If you just leave the bottle on the vaccination gun would it not keep?