Angus Cattle

Health Treatments

7 in 1 Vaccination

All calves at Te Mania Angus are vaccinated twice as weaners – in January and February – and are given their annual boosters in March. We recommend bulls be given a 7 in 1 vaccination annually, 2 to 4 weeks prior to joining.

Vibriosis Vaccination

Vibriosis is a common cause of infertility and is transmitted by bulls from one female to another. It is easily prevented by vaccination. Te Mania sale bulls are given the initial two vaccinations, four weeks apart, prior to sale. We recommend bulls be given a vibriosis vaccination prior to joining each year.

Pestivirus (Bovine viral diarrhoea virus, BVDV)

Te Mania Angus cattle are all ear notch tested before sale to make sure they are not PI. A wide-scale ear notch testing/eradication program has been carried out within the herd – we believe Te Mania has no PI animals.  For more information on Pestivirus – click here.

Johne’s Disease

Te Mania Angus is J-BAS 8 accredited, the highest level of bio-security accreditation in the new, national approach to the prevention of Johne’s disease (JD) in cattle.  J-BAS focuses on managing on-farm biosecurity risk rather than controlling disease through regulation, and treats JD as just one of many diseases that producers must manage within their business.  More info

EU Accreditation

Te Mania Angus is EU accredited.

Worm Control

Te Mania Angus bulls are drenched at weaning, after joining periods and as necessary at other times according to worm counts.

Fertility

All Te Mania Angus bulls are examined by a veterinarian prior to lease/sale. The examination includes palpation of the sexual anatomy and testicles.

Recessive Genetic Conditions

Information for bull buyers about the recessive genetic conditions, Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM), Hydrocephalus (NH), Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA) and Developmental Duplications (DD). Find out more about recessive genetic conditions.

A DNA-based test has been developed that can be used to determine whether an animal is a carrier or free of the AM, NH and CA gene. It is reported in the following way, (AM status is used in this example):

  • AMF Tested AM free
  • AMFU Pedigree AM free
  • AM__% _% probability that the animal may be an AM carrier
  • AMC Tested AM-carrier
  • AMA AM-Affected

For NH and CA, simply replace AM in the above table with NH/CA.

Registration certificates and the Angus Australia database will display these codes. This information can be accessed by conducting a database search at Angus Australia and clicking on the “Genetic Test Results” link on the animal details page.

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