Stocker Calf Receiving, Vaccination and Treatment

Abstract

Stocker calf receiving, vaccination, and treatment is a very important part of my practice. The successful treatment of the bovine respiratory complex in stocker calves remains one of the really big challenges in bovine practice. For blackleg we vaccinate with clostridium chauvei and septicum routinely. I feel that this 2-way vaccine is enough in our practice area. I certainly have no arguement with those who are using 7-way or other multiple strain clostridial vaccines. Several of these strains really need revaccination to be really effective and in my practice most cattle would never receive the second vaccination. We use most of the antibiotic preparations that are available to us for this use.