Why Veterinarians and Producers Choose Guardian® Scours Vaccine
Veterinarians and producers from all over the country are switching to GUARDIAN vaccine. Find out why.
Dr. Tom Cox
"I've used several products over the years, and most of them worked pretty well." " When GUARDIAN came out, I went to one of Schering-Plough's seminars and learned about the different types of coronaviruses in the products. That seems to be important. The vaccines I used before GUARDIAN did help with scours, but not totally. With GUARDIAN it seems like I'm getting total control." "The bottom line is that people want convenience. They want to give a vaccine in the last trimester when they preg check the cow. You can do that with GUARDIAN." |
Dr. Christy Herr "One of my clients had such high mortality and morbidity rates from scours that she was afraid to go to the barn because of what she might find. " "I recommended GUARDIAN and a salmonella vaccine and continued colostrum management. A year after using GUARDIAN, the death losses are dramatically different. She definitely believes in GUARDIAN. I don’t think they’ve lost more than one or two calves, whereas last year at this time they’d maybe saved one or two." "I am very happy with Guardian Vaccine. It definitely makes things easier – a ton easier." |
Brian Schick
"The first year I used GUARDIAN I didn't treat one calf for scours out of 300 calves. The year before, I treated 10 or 15 with scours." "GUARDIAN has worked wonders for us. With 350 cows, you don't have time to deal with 30 or 40 sick calves. And if you save one or two calves, the cost of the vaccine is covered." "As far as I'm concerned, GUARDIAN is worth every penny." |
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Dr. Russ Weston
Lena Veterinary Clinic
Lena, IL
"There's an extra coronavirus serotype in GUARDIAN and there's extra protection against Clostridium. Because there are more serotypes in GUARDIAN than in other vaccines, GUARDIAN is beneficial in controlling scours in dairy cattle."
"We like the convenience, timing and broader spectrum of GUARDIAN over other vaccines. I will continue to use and recommend it."
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Jolynne Schroepfer
Co-Owner, Nagel Dairy
Deerbrook, WI
"We struggled with Clostridium in our area, and once you have it on your property, it’s really a challenge to deal with. There’s nothing more frustrating than having a healthy heifer calf that is six days old, doing very well, and then at the next feeding, she’s dead because of Clostridium. "
"So we switched to Guardian and have eliminated the Clostridium problem in our calves… and all the frustrations."
"We were vaccinating with another product before, and you can look through our records to see which calves we haven’t lost to Clostridium compared to when we were vaccinating with the other product. I will definitely keep using Guardian."