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Thanks good information!

could be a stone in the Urinary tract if so not good. We have had this happen Vet said the bladder was the size of a watermelon

Call the vet if its Johnes you have a big problem, and worming and feed will not fix it. Good luck

They were let say, over conditioned :) I don't know anything about the Fleming farm just what I saw. Do you much about them? How long they've been around or reputation?

Yes my wife and I were there. It was my first time at their sale. Quite an experience. The bulls for the most part were exceptional. Highest selling was $12000. They also had Fleming angus at that sale also some good looking bulls, but most weren't as high selling maybe b/c it's traditionally a...

beefmaster or brangus

:lol: :shock: :lol:

Just realized wrong board should be in health sorry. :oops:

This probably varies by region but, how much copper and selenium should free choice minerals contain? What we use has min. 150ppm Cu and min. 17.5 Se. Just trying to get an idea if this is enough. Thanks

TTCLM

CharX my guess

:shock: There is nothing left to say :(

yep call the vet

I ask the vet about removing the stones and he said he could operate but it would render the bull sterile. He said it was purely a salvage operation to keep the bull alive, but he could never breed again. Has anyone else ever encountered this? Thanks

3MR has it right the Excenel was to help the fever/infection. The vet thought it was a stone right away and felt like I would be lucky if he didn't totally block before the sale. There was an outside chance there was swelling due to infection which the antibiotic could help, but it did not...