Weather and vaccine choice play roles in calf health response, writes Heather Smith Thomas. She interviewed Daryl Meyer, DVM, and Chris Chase, DVM, PhD, who shared their experiences with video sales, preconditioning vaccines, optimal nutrition and weather interference during processing.
In calves over 3 months of age, most of the injectable vaccines you’d give will not have much maternal interference by that time.” — Chris Chase, DVM, PhD
Source: Angus Beef Bulletin Extra, September 7, 2023. Link.
Also see: Don’t penny-pinch preweaning, AHD, June 23, 2023. Link. Every calf is more valuable if their health status and nutrition is optimized during their growing period whether they end up back in a dairy or in beef on dairy meat production.