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For those of you that have had a vet treat a cow for cancer eye, I was wondering about the cost of the treatment. I'm going to contact my vet about a cow (Longhorn) that I suspect may have cancer eye. She has a spot (pinkish growth) on the lower part of her eye lid that has been evident for a...

Here's a good article about the South Texas tick riders. http://www.txfb.org/NewsManager/templat ... &zoneid=68

Are your cows on a vaccination program? I would think that would be a good place to start. I do not vaccinate our calves until 5-6 months of age. I believe the cows will pass on the necessary immunity until that the calves are ready to wean.

Yes, all of our heifers are taken to the vet at 6-8 months old, where they receive an OCV, get a metal tag and tatoo in their ear. The tags are orange, but over time the paint wears off and they are silver.

We also raise Longhorns. For new calves, the only thing I do is observe them to make sure they appear healthy and possibly see them nurse. Other than that, all I do is try and catch/rope them to put in an ear tag. The calves get their normal vaccinations/boosters at 5-7 mths of age. Heifers...

Just curious what type of vaccination program people use on their herd. What type of vaccines do you use for your herd, modified live, killed, or none? We use a killed vaccine on everything (cows and calves) Virashield 6 + VL5 Electroid 7 (blackleg)

Can you, or someone expand on this a little? Just curious as to what they are looking for exactly.

Seems like they would bring more, since knots are a visible sign of a vaccination program.

As you have already observed, going off by themselves is a good sign to me that they are real close. I look for following: Milk bag developing Swollen/sloppy vulva secluding themselves from the rest of the herd

Just a word of advice: if you happen to find a good cattle vet, try to establish a good relationship with them (i.e. buy some vaccines, wormer, etc from them), so that in times of emergency he will be more likely to be there for your stock instead of putting you on the back burner. Also, I...

I asked the vet about banding the mass, but he didn't recommend it. Of course he hasn't actually seen the steer, so I didn't really expect him to recommend something like that, sight unseen. He does not appear to be in any distress - eats, walks, and acts like all the others. I just happened...

We have a calf that was banded last year, sac fell off OK, but now he has delveloped a growth, abscess, or something where the sac fell off. The growth is a little smaller than a golf ball. I just noticed it yesterday when I got it in the pen. I was planning on selling it to an individual as...

I would get them out of the trailer into a clean pen with some protection from wind/weather. Take their temps, and if high temp, then talk to vet and get an antibiotic, such as Nuflor. I would also make sure they are getting the required amount of a good quality milk replacer a couple of times...

How about putting them in some better living quarters, like a clean pen, or small pasture (trap).

They must be some eatin machines. They would be consuming around 200lbs hay each a day, at that rate.

I'd find out what's going on before I starting calling the law in on someone. Sometimes people stick their nose where it doesn't belong - kinda like PETA. I definately don't believe in starving or abusing animals, but what is abuse in the eyes of one person, may be normal procedure in the eyes...

What were the surroundings (calf next to hay feeder, troughs, etc.)? Maybe it got stepped on. Did you feed range cubes when you checked the cows? Maybe it choked on a cube.

I just started using it this year, so I don't have a lot of past experience with it yet, but I hope it helps control the flies.

I just started using the Right Now Emerald with fly control. I wouldn't say they are just going crazy over it, but they cleaned up the first few batches I put out. It was $18.75 for 50lb.

No, but I have seen some Longhorns get eat by coyotes.