Bravoxin 10 in Cattle

[HillLuing]

Who uses it in there calves and who doesn't??

What was it that made you decide to vaccinate with it and or why don't you??

We have never used it but lost q calve this year that vet reckoned was clostridial so considering it

 

[welger rp 220]

Ive started using it in my young stock as i lost a nice 12 month old steer to tetanus last year

 

[Werzle]

Who uses it in there calves and who doesn't??

What was it that made you decide to vaccinate with it and or why don't you??

We have never used it but lost q calve this year that vet reckoned was clostridial so considering it

Use it here, lost calves and wouldnt risk not using it now. Costs pence and saves thousands

 

[Radio]

Used it a few years now, after losing a fattening bull to blackleg. Do all calves at 6 months and as breed our own replacements do cows annually as well. Vet says should stop the sudden death which occurred occasionally in cows. For the cost of just one animal saved will cover all the vaccine costs. Its a no brainer.

 

[Old Spot]

Yes do calves mid June when I bull their mothers, learnt my lesson about blackleg decades ago.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

We Bravoxin 10 all the calves, both doses. Tetanus and blackleg always have been a problem in this area. As mentioned before the loss of one good calf would pay for 2/3 years vaccine for the whole herd!

 

[Optimus]

Just had a 6 month old calf with tetanus. Luckily its on the mend.swithered weather to vaccinate them but only 2nd time I've ever seen it.

 

[Woolless]

It's a cheap, effective vaccine and I can't understand why more don't use it.

 

[matthew]

Ditto - all of the above. Calves jabbed at about a month old. Two doses 2/4 weeks apart..
But - as you can get 'lumpy' reactions to the vax, we do them behind the shoulder, not on the neck.

 

[Newguy]

Ditto - all of the above. Calves jabbed at about a month old. Two doses 2/4 weeks apart..
But - as you can get 'lumpy' reactions to the vax, we do them behind the shoulder, not on the neck.

Not 4/6 weeks apart?

 

[beltbreaker]

Started using it 15 odd years ago after losing a couple of good calves to sudden death which subsequently tested confirmed Blackleg. Vaccinationcorresponds with Spot-on and Lepto vaccine for cows. Its a cheap vaccine which I don't grudge.

 

[matthew]

Not 4/6 weeks apart?

Sorry, yes - we tend to jab at monthly intervals so 4 weeks apart. And start with groups aged about 6 weeks, as maternal antibodies from colostrum wane. (Sucklers)

 

[Woolless]

Sorry, yes - we tend to jab at monthly intervals so 4 weeks apart. And start with groups aged about 6 weeks, as maternal antibodies from colostrum wane. (Sucklers)

What do you find is the best way to vaccinate suckled calves? First year with them here. They're fairly quiet but just wondering what the best way to have them restrained for injection is.

 

[Werzle]

What do you find is the best way to vaccinate suckled calves? First year with them here. They're fairly quiet but just wondering what the best way to have them restrained for injection is.

I either jab them in the dehorning calf crush or jam 4-5 in the main crush, its only 2ml under the skin

 

[Princess Pooper]

We have a couple of 'blackleg fields' as discovered by my father in law a few decades ago. Always vaccinated since then for blackleg and changed to Bravoxin 10 about 10 years ago, wider cover for hardly any different cost. It's a cheap vaccine that can save lives. Calves get the 2 course primary dose before turnout but we don't do any other age groups.

 

[matthew]

What do you find is the best way to vaccinate suckled calves? First year with them here. They're fairly quiet but just wondering what the best way to have them restrained for injection is.

What @Werzle said. Calf dehorning crush or jammed together in a race. Keep them tight or you’ll jab yourself!

 

[farm lady]

Can you give vaccination to bought in 6+, month old calves

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Can you give vaccination to bought in 6+, month old calves

any age

 

[neilo]

Can you give vaccination to bought in 6+, month old calves

Always used to do all our calves with Blackleg vaccine for first turnout, which could be anything up to 9 months old depending on when they were born.
These days I’d use Bravoxin instead as I expect it’s cheaper than the Blackleg only one.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Always used to do all our calves with Blackleg vaccine for first turnout, which could be anything up to 9 months old depending on when they were born.
These days I’d use Bravoxin instead as I expect it’s cheaper than the Blackleg only one.

Think it’s very similar but you get Tetanus in the B10 too we use B10 before first turnout nowadays as it saves buying a different product that’s useless once we’ve done the calves. If I time it right all the heifers get jabbed at the same time as the ewes get their pre lambing booster and it’s all works in nicely