Will you?
I don't no actually maybe something to do with the sun. I have a new shed and got no lice this year so hoping it stays away for a another few years
Lice are really only a job for treating when they first go into a shed with a few weeks with their winter coats. Lice really only survive in sheds. When cattle get their summer coats on grass and the vitamins, minerals, extra nourishment and sun on their backs on pasture. There's nowhere for lice to live on an animal. Many don't need to treat for lice. I don't. The more chems you use on an animal too the lower that animal's resistance in building a strong biome in their stomachs for when serious other threats come be other internal parasites or viruses/diseases. Minerally optimised land and pasture and forage is medicine in itself for animals. I've heard tell of farmers spraying glyphosate twice on land because they said it was a better job. They tested the following grass crop for minerals and it came back high in aluminium and the cows bawling refusing to eat the grass. The glyphosate having chelated or leached the aluminium in the soil and the grass plant then took up the flush.
As others posted lice really only thrive in sheds during winter as cattle are the only thing with heat. Ive never seen bald patches from lice midsummer
Watching a few online marts over the past couple of weeks and I notice a number of heifers coming through that are announced as been vaccinated for blue tongue - I don't think it affected their prices either up or down.
I think if you're buying and have already vaccinated your herd it's a help to the buyer to know
IIt could only be a benefit to a breeding heifer and to a smaller degree ones for fattening
what price range have lads been charged for the vaccine ….statement put from vet here …4.50 ….he had no price for it at time I took it but said 4 would be outside of it
If my memory serves me right we were charged €185 for a 50ml bottle. I'd have to check to be sure
200 euro for 50ml bottle
250 here 5/shot.
You must be getting mates rates
i see a creamery down in tralee are giving 3 euro per animal rebate to encourage up take of the vaccine nice touch in fairness
I wonder will it be announced in marts that animals are vaccinated?
€190 here
185 per 50 ml bottle. This was the start of April. North tipp area
I made sure to do my weanling bulls as it will probably be expected by the exportors in the back end.
What's stopping anyone announcing their done and them not done currently.
We'll know next spring when calveing starts if unvaxed cattle show problems or it fizzles into nothing.
absolutely Notting. But all weanlings are getting a pcr test and if a certain exporter cops and it causes him hassle with a shipment or a carrier id say he wont be buying your bulls again.
Oh I didn't hear about this test, fair enough
they have being pcr testing there loads all spring as well as 2week quarantine in there yard I think.
Yes exporters have a separate shed for quarantine, tested and a pour-on
We bought a few pedigree angus cows last week, they've gotten their first vaccine and we'll wait until they've had their second one to get them. It should be one of the questions you ask when buying in stock if you've vaccinated your own
I just watched Karen’s latest video. I think a cow repeating is abit of a stretch to blame against the vax. Iv had cows before go years without repeats and it still happens.
Having said that it is a good punchy title for a video and that helps. I wouldn’t have watched it so quick without the video title.
Does it say in the leaflet what needle length/gauge is needed for the vaccine?
Picking it up later today so want to be ready to go at it tomorrow.
A good long needle into the muscle. A normal needle like. Dont overthink it. Auto gun is the job. Just make sure it's set right.
We have decided now not to vaccinate between the cost and the unknowns while trying to get cows and heifers into calf and not knowing how it will impact fertility or holding pregnancies we have made the decision not to.
sheep are under the skin, one dose.
Likewise. We'll know next spring the outcome.
was talking to a dairy rep when I was on an ai course a few weeks ago. He was over the farm that had the first case. 33% of his cows lost calves over it and all them cows where useless to milk. Said it destroyed him for this year. What ever about the cost of it there is no issues proven around fertility. I have cows ai the day they were vax now scanned in calf, as I knew they would.
I know of a herd locally badly affected. Anything that can be done to prevent it should be done imo. A little bit of peace of mind knowing they're vaccinated
what's badly affected??
