Recent content by dthompson

Hey all, yeah the buyers dont tell us what they are buying untill the cattle are about 3 hrs or less from us at the feedlot, so when they arrive if they are heifers we have to give them a shot of Lutalyse( we have stopped it now as i got really cranky about it and complained that we are losing...

Hey Milkmaid, i wish i could say that it was my own stupid fault but i cant blame the bosses i read up about it and it said to use within 3 months of conception, and not between 4 and 7 months so anyway we dont know how far along the cattle are as it is a feedlot and well we end up with...

Guys, Please try not to use lutalyse i know some people who use it all the time and it works but where i work we used it for a test run and we got the aborted calves we wanted and alot of problems with it, I.e breeched calves, dead calves, calves getting stuck, we did have some calves come out...

hey Angie, i am giving him vytrate for his scours, and i dont have a temp yet i have also given him some Vitajec ADE and Vitajec B12 when i say he wont drink i mean he just doesnt want the bottle but i have been forcing it into him slowly and its getting there slowly havent been able to find...

Cheers Rock ridge for that he i getting better slowly he is up and about but still very weak will keep an eye on for and hopefully he will recover than if not i will make that hard call cheers

Hi all, Guys i have a calf here who was originally treated for IBR and has got better but for some reason he is down and just wont get up he has been like that for last day or so I called my Sister who is a vet and she said to get him some Vytrate which is an electrolye for his scours and some...

my calf has pretty much the same thing at the moment, but he has diphtheria so we are treating him 1 ml of penicillin per kilo of bodyweight I.e: for 50 kilos i would give 5 mls of penicillin

no mate it hasnt been around a wooden bunk and you dont necessarily get wooden tongue from wood slivers ( wooden tongue is mainly from an infection and it bceomes as hard as a piece of wood hence the name WOODEN TONGUE sorry if i sound rude

Hello, Sound like your calf has Calf Diphtheria it affects the throat and the tongue if the tongue is a little swollen and she has a wheez when breathing then it is most likely diphtheria, treat it with a Broad spectrum anti - biotic such as Penicillin ( ultrapen or propercillin) or any kind of...

Hello, I have a young calf here he is about 5 weeks old Charolais X Bull , over the last 48 hours his tongue has seemed to swell up and when we purchased him it was fine we were wondering if it is because we are feeding him with calf replacer milk or from some kind of infection he doesnt seem...