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VACINATING FOR SCOUR IN CALVES

  • 02-02-2011 11:18PM
    #1
    keep going
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    had a problem with scour in calves last year.calves used to get it at 3to5 days and rotovirus came back in some tests. considering vac this year,any experience?


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  • #2
    LostCovey
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    keep going wrote: »
    had a problem with scour in calves last year.calves used to get it at 3to5 days and rotovirus came back in some tests. considering vac this year,any experience?

    1. scour vaccines are only as good as your calf's beastings intake, because they work through the beastings. Are they getting enough, in good time?

    2. I wouldn't mind rotavirus coming back in tests. There's probably tonnes of virus in your sheds etc. I would just expect that the vaccine will stop severe scour cases and deaths caused by rotavirus (subject to 1. above)

    LostCovey


  • #3
    whelan1
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    we do cows with rotavec corona at drying off , must have the injection at least 3 weeks before calving and not more than 14 weeks , calf must get biestings for a week , but we let them have it longer , as it works better for us


  • #4
    keep going
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    so you would recomend it, what about doing the last 50% of the cows as its those calves give the trouble. thanks


  • #5
    whelan1
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    its expensive so dont mess with it , you either do it right or not at all... i get a good deal of €185 for 40ml at 2ml per cow .. normally around 200 euro so its €10 euro a shot, what way is your housing maybe clean the sheds out half way through calving


  • #6
    Bizzum
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    As above, we use RC too and would reccommend its use. It's not a magic wand though, there is no substitute for good animal husbandry/management.
    We do the cows usually in groups of 5 to suit the 10ml bottle, depending on calving date.
    Why not vacc from the start and make a clean sweep of it. Prevention is better than cure. You won't be long spending €10 on a calf with scour!


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  • #7
    Shnondore Pedigrees
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    We started to use Trivacta 6 vaccine on the cows coming up to calving.

    1st time round 2 doses: 3-4 weeks apart last one 3 weeks before calving.

    Every year after that: 1 dose 3-4 weeks before calving.

    No problems with scour since.


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