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I am poking at everyones experience with this one-- Had a healthy calf at 3 weeks old one day started to get up on his knuckles then fall over, he did get up to drink and then the next day couldnt get up to drink. called vet out after physical exam lungs were fine, temp fine, guts moving like...

About 2 weeks ago my daughter walked into to do her chores for her 4-H steers and found that her 900lb. steer fell upside down in a 100 gallon water tank. he was not submerged and once we got him out he was soaking wet(obviously) and very shaky. we got him dried and warmed and have kept a close...

What is it? how do they get it? what are the symptoms ? is there a treatment or is death the only treatment? and does anyone have any pictures of their cattle having it?

I just found out today after numerous calls to the vet about health related problems, with my calves, that i have never encountered before, that my sister-in-law has been abusing my daughters 4H calves. Why? i just recently found her one calf with a metal wire through its eyelid and he was so...

I had a vet come out today to check a calf that was previously treated by another vet, this calf had a swelled joint in his back leg, they both said the same thing on infection but the second vet said if i waited 2 more days he would have been dead, they said it was a secondary infection from...

Hey y'all, its been awhile, I need everyones help because i have had a string of bad luck and a huge vet bill. and now this: 2 month old calf got the handle of his feed bucket caught in his eyelid, we got the handle out and check the eye early this morning, didnt appear to be any damage to the...

When i went to feed the calves tonight , I noticed one with a little whitish mucus discharge coming from the corner of his eye, he has one heck of an appetite, no loss of energy it doesnt seem to bother him should I be of concern, I have never had pinkeye, one person said treat him and the...

Ok hope this doesnt sound stupid to everyone, but just looking for some opinions out there, I have three calves, 1 is sick (treating him now ) but he doesnt like whole corn, the other two dont seem to be bothered by it however I dont think they like wet molasses, so I tried a different recipe...

I am interested in buying some bull calves born january, february, of 2007 Not having much luck finding, looking for either red holsteins, brown swiss, ayreshire, blk/wht holsteins, Does anyone know of any good dairy farmers in Indiana or where i can locate ?

i am a 4h mom who is having trouble with getting some nice thick fur on my daughters beef steers and making them look good, for 3 years now each year she stays consistant on third place, now last year in dairy beef she had a first place on her brown swiss, they were each fed the same feed just...

Has anyone ever seen a large calf walk cross-legged and do they ever get over it? this calf came out of a 2000lb. swiss and he weighed 150lb. when he first stood he looked bull-legged we questioned it when we were buying him, the man told us because of his size, he was cramped and he would get...

I have a 7 month old brown swiss calf its my daughters for her 4h when he was 1 month old he got pneumonia they said they treated him in time, shortly after that he got sick again had a fever of 106 and they said he had a virus, they treated him again but they said he had lung damage, now we are...