First Fawn-Need some help please!

Prairie meadows, this is my first year as well and there is a plethora of information as to what vaccinnes to administer on this forum. A simple search will give you more options than you can actually administer without leaving your fawn no more than a pin cushion. I have concluded that most on this website have a history of which vaccines make sense for there situation and the history of problems they have experienced in the past. Therefore, I ended up contacting a local deer breeder I have confidence in and used the same vaccines he has used over the past years. I am in Mexico so we have many of the same issues and some different.



I followed my local deer breeders recommendations:

Give probiotics (Probios paste) Oral 1cc

0.1cc ivomec oral

When they are two weeks old

.25cc Covexin 10 Subq

.25cc Fusobacterium Subq



We are feeding goat milk as we have a herd here on the ranch and they LOVE IT and have had no problems so far.



FYI - My research on this forum came up with a concensus of the following vaccines:



3cc C&D Antitoxin given subcu.

2cc Alpha 7 given subcu.

3ccBovine Ecolizer+c given orally

3cc Probiotic paste(orally of course)

.1cc Ivomec Plus given subcu.

.1cc Draxxin given subcu



Best of luck - this is an absolutely great forum for info.

Remember, you are not in a "production situation" with many deer, so you can go easy on all of the vaccinations and de-wormers this year...

LA ROSA

3cc C&D Antitoxin given subcu.

2cc Alpha 7 given subcu.



This sounds a little much to me, we give our fawns 1/2cc of Alpha 7 and 1/2cc of C&D. And I must add that we have never had any disease issues. You have to remember your avg. fawn only weighs 4-5lbs. When your pumping 2-3cc's of meds into a newly born animal just be careful you don't overdose it! Just my experiance. Never heard of giving that much to a fawn.

My opinion is everyones farm is different. If you have a 5 deer your going to be less likely to need an extensive vaccination program to start than if you would have 50 head. Also location plays a big part. I would talk to someone that has deer close to you if you can and see what they use. I talk to guys all around the US and vary few have the same protocal when it comes to what to give a fawn at birth. If you do find a regment that fits you and need help finding supplies check out our website or give me a call I would be glad to help you out. Here is our regment on our farm in Ohio.



1/2 cc BOSE (sub Q)

2cc Bova-serum (sub Q)

2cc Bovine Ecolizer +C20 (oral)

3cc of Head Gear Fawn Arrival Paste (oral)