Footvax Heptavac

[Hollykip]

Going to try footvax
Can I inject footvax and heptavac together or does there need to be so many days between?
Thanks

 

[D.S.S18]

check with an SQP at your local ag merchant / Vet

we were told to jab 14 days between each - they are two vaccines which would work against each other in the immune system.

some people may tell you otherwise on here.

 

[Agrivator]

Just buy a stand-in footbath and some zinc sulphate.

And in two years time, lame sheep will be far fewer.

But some would argue that footvax might just be justified for the tups.

 

[Estate fencing.]

I think its 14 days apart.
Best money you will spend if you have footrot and will get much less scald in the lambs. I have one bunch of mule ewe lambs (100) that I couldn't do because they had been given cydectin 1% and have had a nightmare with their feet this winter, where as the 400 that where footvaxed haven't treated any yet.

 

[HarryB97]

footvax is the worst vaccine I have ever injected it's really thick and generally a right pain, i tried it once but never again. Why spend money on a vaccine to treat all your sheep when only a few will ever have issues and if they have issues they shouldn't be in your flock in the first place. It's just spending money to keep sheep which should be culls so your flock will never improve in the feet department even though they will in other traits.

 

[neilo]

footvax is the worst vaccine I have ever injected it's really thick and generally a right pain, i tried it once but never again. Why spend money on a vaccine to treat all your sheep when only a few will ever have issues and if they have issues they shouldn't be in your flock in the first place. It's just spending money to keep sheep which should be culls so your flock will never improve in the feet department even though they will in other traits.

It runs better when it’s warmer, not direct from the fridge. Years ago, we used to sit it on the heater vents in the truck to warm it, but not really very good practice.? Always used to do it at the same time as several other jabs too, without ever having an issue. I would suggest the stress of handling again would do more harm than giving 2 vaccinations together.

I disagree on necessarily culling. If you have a closed flock, breeding your own replacements, then yes. However, if you buy your replacements by paying healthy prices for the prettiest shearlings in the market, it will cost a fortune to cull each one prematurely, and the ones you buy in to replace them won’t necessarily be any less susceptible. I could quite see the point in such a flying flock, rather than increase flock depreciation.