At the Minnesota Beef Expo, Waseca Veterinary Clinic’s Dr. Carey Prigge covered calf care and weaning considerations. During the seminar, Prigge said building immunity before stressful periods is important in keeping calves healthy. “We want to vaccinate and run those calves through prior to weaning and get some virus and bacterial pneumonia protection there.” Prigge suggests doing a seven-way clostridium vaccine and dewormer at that time as well. Giving an anti-inflammatory medication like Banamine may also be necessary. “You want to decrease the inflammation in the lungs and allow the antibiotics to take care of the bacterial pneumonia.”
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