This disease can be easily prevented with vaccination, however. Many cattle died of blackleg before the advent of vaccination; this was one of the first cattle vaccines developed. Today the only blackleg vaccine available is a combination that includes protection against some of the other clostridi...
[74] evaluated the serological response of calves subjected to three different vaccination protocols against blackleg: vaccination at four and eight months of age; vaccination at eight months with a booster 30 days later; and receiving a single dose of the vaccine at eight months of age. Using...