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I try to avoid inducing cows whenever possible. I haven't had any terrible experiences with it, but some of my producers have doing it on their own. I am confident I saved a cow this year that was going down hill around calving time and would not have survived had we not induced her. Primarily...

I've used dectomax, cydectin, ivermectin, eprinex, safeguard, valbazen, longrange, and on and on. You haven't said if they are cows, calves, feeder cattle, dairy animals, dry lotted, pastured, pregnant. You have to give us something to work with.

I would say your three most likely options are entertoxemia (clostridial purple gut), metabolic acidosis from the calf scouring, or coccidia. Acidosis and coccidia calves are usually dehydrated when they die. I do see a lot of calves that producers tell me over the phone are not dehydrated but...

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If you mass AI using a synchronization program and would like to verify parentage at preg check, talk with your palpator to see what they are comfortable with. I try to get producers to leave bulls out 10 days or so after breeding and preg check 90 days or sooner if they want me to stand behind...

I've seen a number of young calves with that type of injury due to predation. What are you using for an antibiotic? Can you post a picture? If it was predation, you should see some type of bite scratch wound, but could certainly be a different type of injury or infection. If there is loose...

You can call me a sucker, but I still buy into the USDA's line that pasteurization kills Johnes. I will admit it likely does not do as well against MAP as it does C. burnetii or M. bovis, but there is likely a significant decline in the number of viable organisms. Some may sneak through in milk...

Correlations have been made between Johnes disease in cattle and Chrones disease in people, but it is not settled science, a lot of works need to be done to prove if there is or isn't a meaningful connection. Pasteurization is an effective method of killing Johnes, so the disease is not a...

If they developed a uterine prolapse following calving, I would plan on keeping them. It is rare for a uterine prolapse to recur, I think a lot of heifers are unnecessarily culled for this reason. I believe calf size plays a role, they dont have to be huge calves for a prolapse to occur, but it...

If you have open cows, they should be riding each other. If you are watching them and only see one being ridden by any cows or the bull, then it is likely that most of the others are bred. A 15 month old bull should be old enough to cover 13 cows. Not getting a single calf over nearly 2 cycles...

Calves will bloat fairly commonly after a storm. Some cows will bed down unitl the weather passes and the calves won't have an opportunity to nurse until it's over. By then, the calf is hungry, the cow has a lot of milk, and the calf will over consume, resulting in an overgrowth of GI bacteria...

He may be developing some acidosis. He is in the right age group and showing those signs, but it should not be just in the morning. I place those calves on electrolytes, make sure there is a buffer in it, either bicarbonate or acetate. If they get to where they really have trouble getting up...

I don't know about the human side, but in the animal world, sub-q and under the skin are interchangeable. Maybe you are confusing sub-dermal with intradermal, which is how tuberculin is given for a TB test, within the skin not under it. In cattle, I would use a 1" needle for IM injections, 3/4...

We are on the border between two states and most producers in the area still vaccinate. It is not required for import into most areas, but official identification often is and it is nice to have that taken care of. Some producers will vaccinate all their commercial heifers in the fall before...

Noromectin is a generic brand of injectable ivermectin. The product in the above website is Noromectin Plus, which does contain more then just ivermectin, but standard Noromectin contains only ivermectin. Noromectin is the product I use when I want injectable ivermectin, be it for dogs, pigs...

I would use it with blackleg. These killed bactrins seem to be able to withstand about 24 hours of lower end room temperature without significantly compromising efficacy. If you left it out at 90 degrees for a day or two it will be shot, but at lower temps I would wager it is just fine.

It is fairly common for heifers to bleed to death internally after having a uterine prolapse. Did she do a lot of running or bucking before it was replaced? Odds are probably against her, that's just how a certain number of them end up. Could of considered banding it off rather then replacing it...

Alpha 7 might work on calves, but it's probably not the greatest immunity. If you are desperate I would use it over other products, but it's efficacy is questionable. Calves certainly do have developed immune systems when they are born, they can mount immune responses to diseases while still in...

Most vets should be switched to using canine rabies every three years. The first dose by law still has to be boosters within 12 months, but if done within that window most vets will call that a three year vaccine. While some diseases dogs are vaccinated against provide protection for 3 years or...

Yeah, the article is fairly questionable. He argues not to give rhinopneumonitis vaccine because a mare can only abort once due to this disease. One abortion in a horse can be a major loss. Also, when you see that much talk about Mercury, you know what angle they are coming from. Also, people...