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I'd want to rule out Mycoplasma wenyonii/Mycoplasma haemobos infection.

Any more, I just say 'bred' or 'open'. From about 45 days to 3-4 months I feel reasonably comfortable giving an estimated time... but...

Huh. Thought I'd responded several days ago, but it's not here. I can't speak to grazing, but I&C is my favorite for eating... small...

That will work for most that are just being ornery/obstinate - but if they are truly physically unable to get up - fracture, nerve...

Nothing at all scary about that to me.

IDK about grazing, but I&C are my favorite for eating. They're tiny, and shatter out if you let the pods get too dry before picking...

Studies done 30 years ago with colostrum-deprived foals showed that more 'joint-ill' cases resulted from bacteria entering through the...

My guess would be yes. Colostral antibodies against the Clostridial bacterins will interfere with response to vaccination out to around...

Yeah, well, we had to have C-sections for all four, so it's probably best that we went, or I'd have been a widower, like in days of old.

What TCRanch said... if your animals have been previously inoculated with Covexin-8, Cavalry (not Calvary... that's where Christ was...

My wife(she's a vet, too) and I had been out to pull a calf when she was 9 months pregnant. Got home, and she was showering off...

I always kept at least 10 lbs of white, granulated sugar on the practice truck for use on those uterine prolapses.

I've seen a few cases of tetanus in baby calves, but far more in stocker/feeder steers. If I were banding babies... I'd give tetanus...

I attended a food animal-oriented veterinary continuing education meeting a couple of weeks back. It takes a minimum of 17 days for...

Saw plenty of stillborn calves with full urinary bladders. I wouldn't attach any significance to 'peeing' as a sign of having nursed.