Footvax - Worth your time?

[@jeremygalbraith5056]

Cheers

[@JamesPrendergast-is6ob]

Very good video. Thanks.

[@saragayle2217]

Thank you informative video ❤

[@shanecroke7682]

Thank you great information

[@kristinbryant6669]

Thanks for all the great information

[@davidburgess3560]

Footvax ewes about 4/5years ago. Did the 2 jabs then. Then pulled ones that was still lame moved for main mob and jab with drax. Then culled out hard.

[@shropshirefarmvets2337]

@@davidburgess3560 good method. I'd think quite likely the ones that you had to pull out had some CODD?

[@davidburgess3560]

@shropshirefarmvets2337 yer CODD what a sh!t show that year was. With in like 2 year of bring codd in to the flock ever over ewes was lame and same with the lambs. About 6 bottles of Drax later and alot of cull ewes later. And it's about gone. Still get the odd one with codd and over footroot but she moved and gone.

[@JulietCracknell]

Very useful videos. Just to confirm, can you do just 1 jab even if its the first dose the sheep has ever had? And then a booster jab every year?

[@shropshirefarmvets2337]

@@JulietCracknell Hi Juliet, yes you can use just one jab even if they've never had it before; the effect lasts around 6 months.

[@JulietCracknell]

@shropshirefarmvets2337 thank you!

[@JasonHenderson-w8m]

Whens the best age to start young lambs on the system? Can it slow there growth if there done too young? pedigree sheep so most will be for breeding sales

[@shropshirefarmvets2337]

@@JasonHenderson-w8m hi Jason, there's no 'official' minimum age for using it - in my view, get your two heptavac doses out of the way first, give it a clear 3 weeks after the second dose for the immune response to the heptavac be done and dusted, then use it any time from then onwards. Hope that's helpful!

[@JasonHenderson-w8m]

@@shropshirefarmvets2337 OK ill give that a go, thank you!

[@erikgrimley5519]

I believed you could only use footvax pre tupping and not post tupping, so thanks for that! You say can be used a month before lambing but how long post tupping should you leave it before vaccinating?

[@shropshirefarmvets2337]

@@erikgrimley5519 it's not specifically contraindicated around tupping, but it's always advised to leave ewes alone for at least 3 weeks after the tups come out, to make sure embryo implantation has taken place before any disruption. So I would say give it a month after the tups are out 👍🏼

[@erikgrimley5519]

@@shropshirefarmvets2337cheers!! Thanks for the informative vids! 👍

[@Joephillips1222]

Would it be best foot vax ewes when scanning?

[@shropshirefarmvets2337]

Hi Joe, seems to me that would be a very sensible time to do it