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Stage 1
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Birth to 3 days old
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Colostrum
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3 days to 38 days
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Tend-R-Leen® milk replacer
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25 pounds
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Free choice Tend-R-Leen®
calf starter
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50 pounds
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Both heifer and bull calves can be raised
together until 2 months of age
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Stage 2
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39 days to 120 days old
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Tend-R-Leen® Grower Formula:
2 lbs./hd/day
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180 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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At 120 days the steer will weigh approximately
350 lbs.
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Stage 3
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120 days to finish
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Tend-R-Leen® Ultra Finisher
1 1/2 lbs./hd/day
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457 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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Free choice trace mineral salt
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Stage 1
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Birth to 3 days old
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Colostrum
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3 days to 38 days
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Tend-R-Leen® milk replacer
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25 pounds
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Free choice Tend-R-Leen®
calf starter
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50 pounds
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Both heifer and bull calves can be raised
together until 2 months of age
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Stage 2
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39 days to 120 days old
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Tend-R-Leen® Grower Formula:
2 lbs./hd/day
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180 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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At 120 days the steer will weigh approximately
350 lbs.
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Stage 3
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120 days to finish
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Tend-R-Leen® Ultra Finisher
1 1/2 lbs./hd/day
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457 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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Free choice trace mineral salt
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Stage 1
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Birth to 3 days old
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Colostrum
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3 days to 38 days
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Tend-R-Leen® milk replacer
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25 pounds
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Free choice Tend-R-Leen®
calf starter
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50 pounds
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Both heifer and bull calves can be raised
together until 2 months of age
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Stage 2
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39 days to 120 days old
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Tend-R-Leen® Grower Formula:
2 lbs./hd/day
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180 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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At 120 days the steer will weigh approximately
350 lbs.
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Stage 3
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120 days to finish
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Tend-R-Leen® Ultra Finisher
1 1/2 lbs./hd/day
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457 pounds
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Free choice dry whole shell corn
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Free choice trace mineral salt
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Tips
for Proper Vaccine Handling |
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Select the right products by choosing only federally licensed
products backed by full company support
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Don’t combine vaccines - use only approved combinations
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Read the label and follow these instructions:
dosage, timing, route of administration,
warnings, storage, withdrawal period, disposal, shelf
life, and indications
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Use transfer needles to fully reconstitute products
- Don’t mix too much. Mix
enough vaccine for only on hour or less to obtain
maximum effectiveness and don’t save leftover vaccine
for later use
- Shake large, multi-dose vaccine bottles from time to time so
contents don’t settle
- Use different syringes for modified-live vaccines and killed
vaccines
- Don’t use disinfectants with MLV, use only hot water for cleaning
modified-live vaccine syringes
- Pump the syringe gently to release air and bring vaccine to needle
tip
- Gather and restrain animals properly
- Select the best route: subcutaneous (SC) = under the skin is the
preferred route whenever possible.
Products labeled IM (in the muscle) or SC should
be given SC.
- Keep all injections ahead of the shoulder, with the neck being the
preferred site.
- Choose the right needle. SC:
use 16 or 18 gauge, ½” to ¾” long
IM: use
16 or 18 gauge, 1” to 1 1’2” long
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Use proper injection technique
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Sanitation is essential
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Don’t go back into the vaccine bottle with the same needle you
use to vaccinate
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Change needles frequently (at least every 10 to 15 uses)
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Discard damaged needles
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Use disposable needles
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Avoid dirty or wet injections sites
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Clean transfer needles regularly with hot water
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Disinfect needle between injections when using killed vaccine
An
up-to-date vaccination program probably will not eliminate
all disease in your cattle, but it will greatly reduce the
incidence and severity of illness and the economic losses
to due to disease. Remember
to contact your local veterinarian before starting a
vaccination program.
Vaccine
handling information from Pfizer Animal Health. |
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Tech Report, for current market, health, and feeding information.
Still
looking for more information? Check out these links:
Iowa Beef Center
VetLife Technical Info
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