Vaccinate cows for calf scours 3-12 weeks before calving

Spring calving suckler herdowners are gearing up for calving, if they haven’t already started.

Try to have everything ready for action.

Check that the water troughs in the calving boxes are working.

Dust down the calving jack, and ensure it is working, and that the two ropes are at hand.

Make sure, if you have a calving gate, that it is fully functioning.

Make sure that cows due to calf have been receiving sufficient mineral supplementation.

This will aid calving, calf health and subsequent fertility.

Don’t forget to vaccinate cows for scour, this must be done more than three weeks before calving, and less than 12 weeks before calving, to provide optimum levels of immunity.

Obviously, the calf must get sufficient colostrum in order for the vaccination programme to be effective.