ThatsSomeSheep
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Heptavac must be a license to print money - for the manufacturer - given that we are all "in the system ".
Do any of you not bother with it??
TSS
Do any of you not bother with it??
TSS
Just considering dropping the P in the adult sheep and switching to Bravoxin 10 for the pre lambing boost.
Does anyone know how much risk pasteurella is in adult sheep, and will missing the "P" increase the risk to lambs? (We vaccinate all keeping lambs with P in the autumn anyway)
I went to a sheep group meeting last night, where we had a discussion with a prominent sheep vet that has her own flock too. That's exactly what she did. Heptavac P+ for the ewe lambs and yearlings, then everything on to Bravoxin 10 after that. Her reasoning was that older sheep rarely get pasteurella and there's a clostridial disease covered by Bravoxin (but not Heptavac), that is becoming a lot more common. I can't remember the name of that clostridial, but it causes rotten smelly lambs then dead ewes.
She was still doing her lambs with Ovivac P+ IIRC though.
I've not been brave enough to stop yet, but seriously considering it. If only because I think MSD have been taking the pee with price hikes in recent years.
Our yearlings will have had a full course as lambs and another booster at 18 months, so I guess they could go to Bravoxin for the pre-lambing jab?
Came off the Heptavac systems donkeys years ago , don't really remember exactly, could be 10-15 years now , and as things currently stand , I'm perfectly comfortable with the decision. It doesn't even cross my mind any more.
Except for one year some time back. There was one lambing when I wasn't happy with lamb numbers lost after lambing. Spoke to my vets , and after consideration went back to heptavac P. Guess what? The next lambing I lost slightly more lambs. Came off it again after that and lamb mortalities fell.
If you're going to make the choice to come off the programme, you have to be confident to live with your decision. If you don't do it , then you never know....
Roll the dice.
Or not.
Same here.Don't bother with heptivacing ewes but ovivac all the lambs