Lactating cows
Dairy Health Programs
Objectives
- Maintain health status to maximize milk production
- Maintain optimum body condition and energy by keeping cows on
feed
- Maintain pregnancy status
Challenges
- Exposure to viral pathogens such as IBR, BVD, BRSV that can cause
clinical illness or set the stage for reproductive problems
- Exposure to leptospirosis, a leading cause of reproductive losses
- Lameness caused by footrot or heel warts, which can reduce appetite
- Liver abscesses caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum,
which can reduce milk production
Lactating cow vaccination program
| What should I give? |
When should I give it? |
How much? |
Helps prevent: |
| Arsenal 4.1 |
Post-freshening, 30 days after calving (not for use in pregnant
cows) |
One 2-ml dose, sub-Q |
BVD Type 1 and 2, BRSV, IBR and PI3 |
- and - |
| Fusogard |
6 months of age or older |
2 2-ml doses, 60 days apart for liver abscess reduction, 2
2-ml doses 21 days apart for footrot, sub-Q |
Footrot, liver abscess |
- and -
|
| Lepto Shield 5 [pdf] |
Confirmed pregnant |
1 2-mL dose, IM |
Leptospirosis |
- or -
|
| Vib
Shield Plus L5 [[pdf] (with use of bull) |
Fresh-ok check*
*Milk reduction and transient
depression may be observed in lactating cows for 3 to 6 days
following vaccination. |
1 2-mL dose, IM |
Leptospirosis, vibriosis |
- or - |
| Vib
Shield L5 [pdf] (with use of bull) |
Fresh-ok check |
1 2-mL dose, IM |
Leptospirosis, vibriosis |
|
