Footvax
- Thread starter Dkb
- Start date
harperfarmer
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Entire flock policy I think. I stand to be corrected, but as I understand it, like with all vaccination plans they stand to be most effective when given the best circumstances in which to work. In this case, if you leave a number of the flock unvaccinated they can act as a disease reservoir and continually provide a challenge, reducing the efficacy of the vaccine. Much like if you vaccinate calves for pneumonia but continue to house them in a building with very poor ventilation, the likelihood of the vaccine being effective is lower than if they were housed in a better ventilated building. In my own experience I started to use footvax but found my biggest challenge was CODD not footrot and being quite expensive I stopped vaccinating. One major benefit I did see however, was incidence of early season scald in the lambs was much lower when vaccinating ewes compared to when unvaccinated.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
no , you do everything every year until under control , the manufacturers say do 2 doses to start , but dont quite get that , before , instructions were always 1 dose until a few years ago , whether they have made it weaker or want to sell more vax i dont know , but we still do 1 dose and it works just fine , the problem with it , is huge reaction site for a few weeks . I always do the selling rams/ ewes to give them a good chance meeting any new bugs when sold , not whole flock
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I only used to do my December lambing ewes, as they were most at risk as they where coming in onto strawy muck for the a couple of months. That seemed to work well enough.
I could never see the point in doing everything else, which was under less challenge, just because they were on the same farm.
I could never see the point in doing everything else, which was under less challenge, just because they were on the same farm.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
My neighbour has been doing the whole flock one a year for 20+ yrs. She's convinced that doing them mid pregnancy protects the lambs too. I'm not sure about that but but she hardly ever has a lame sheep.
Im going to pick up enough stuff today just to do my ram lambs. Vet said that would be fine theyre all in one mob seperate from everything else and theyre the only group with foot trouble. Never used it before hoping it will work well.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
agree , but maybe a non lame sheep is a healthier sheep generaly and will resist any challege better , than one thats hungry and in pain , so there may be an ounce of truth in the theory
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Dkb
Member
Just do the Suffolks perhaps?
Sorry D
Must admit of the faults pedigree Suffolk’s have lameness is not one
Plan was to do replacements and send them off to winter grass
New holland
Member
Is it ok to use footvax when ewes are in lamb l
Plas king
Member
- Location
- North Wales
Going to footvax everything at scaning.where do you inject the ewes?
bobajob
Member
- Location
- Sw Scotland
It says on the data sheet where to inject them. About 2 inches behind the ear on the neck is what they recommend I think. We done them last year after scanning/ in lamb without any bother
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Yes. I only ever used to do my early lambers when they were heavy in-lamb. Best advised not to do them within 6-8 weeks of lambing IIRC, as it can supposedly effect milk production. Footrot would effect it more though I suspect.