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Thatâs especially true when it comes to the leg labeled health, and thatâs reason enough, Baker says, to consider vaccinating your calves at branding or turnout. Traditionally, the recommendation has been to wait until calves are at least four months old before administering any vaccines. That way, goes the conventional wisdom, thereâs a reduced chance that the antibodies in the colostrum will cancel the effects of the vaccine.
1 A booster vaccination 12 months later should provide lifelong immunity to blackleg. 2  It is desirable to give the initial two doses of vaccine before young cattle reach their most susceptible age of six months.lthough blackleg has been found in cattle as young as 2 months old, most losses occur in cattle between 6 months and 2 years of age.