Jan 6th 2018, 12:14 PM
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Apr 2009 Vaughn, MT 59487 Cervid: mule deer,whitetail,elk,goats,bighorn & stone sheep & Alaskan dahl sheep |
I've been doing game ranching for about forty years. Like some of these guys said we started out doing nothing for the deer and they did well with just worming. As time goes by different disease come into play and settle into the ground. Diseases like fuso, e-coli just to name a few. Whitetail seemed to not have a big problem with these issues but mule deer were a different story. We now have a program with worming and good nutrition but felt it was better to be proactive with problems that could be best treated with better colostrum in the does.
We give the does both of Josh Newtons shots which cover fuso and e-coli. This year we had something we have never had which was type A toxiod. When we gave fawns shots for this new problem we saved the fawns. Rather than wait to see if the problem would come back in 2018 we have incorporated type A toxiod shots into our does. This will insure the does produce the right and quality of colostrum we need those fawns to receive for their health.
We then will start the fawns on these vaccines early in their life for the best protection we can give them as the fawns started to die at two months old.
Last edited by Jack; Jan 21st 2018 at 07:36 AM.
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