FARM COTTAGE CREAMERY

I feel we have a wonderful balance for our health program here. We do what is best for the animals. All the calves receive the vaccine, Inforce 3 when they are 1 day old and receive Once PMH at 1 week old. We then vaccinate with Vista Once when we BANGS (Brucellosis) vaccinate our heifer calves. They must be at least 4 months old before we can BANGS vaccinate... We believe that vaccinations for our calves are much like childhood vaccines in human. It helps the calves with the "big" disease threats. We try to be as natural as possible but we will not expose our animals to known threats without protection and we will treat any sick animals with conventional, western medicine. We do not medicate needlessly as we like our calves to develop a strong immune system but again, we will never subject our animals to cruelty by denying medical treatment. If we were classified as Organic, all western medicine would be disallowed. Many people believe that Organic is better but unfortunately they do..

Primary location: Nebraska United States