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I have to tell a story here. I worked for an elementary school about seven years ago. We had a nurse who worked at several schools in a rotation. She had an experience were a child went into severe allergic reaction requiring an epipen(SP). Now the child was ONLY allergic to a common...

Well, I do use Alpha 7. Thanks Bez...I will try that next round.

Yes, I do use a combo vaccine. Can you explain a poor technique ? What could I be doing wrong?

I did a search on here and found that several people, like me, have giving vaccs and had lumps left behind. I gave shots to some calves on July 2nd and a few still have lumps as of yesterday August 14th. How long does it take for them to go away and if they don't, Why not? Does an injectable...

How do you deal with the smell?

Thanks Dun, That was a good article. I read it all and am going to print it off when I get to work. Can I ask you question? I sometimes get confused when people say that a bull or cow needs more or less frame. I think of frame as bone and bone as waste. What am I missing? What does the...

Okay, well I am glad to know how to fix it next time. I didn't get instructions with mine. The local co-op only had the one and maybe someone took them out. Thanks alot for informing me!

I bought a gun for the injectable dewormer. It came with Ivomec Plus. I stuck the end cap into the 500Ml bottle of dewormer and the rubber pushed into the dewormer bottle! Bummer! I had to pour every bit of it into a quarter size mason jar (did I say I was southern) and I have to draw it up...

randiliana, I just bought a gun for the injectable dewormer that has the hose and attaches to the bottle. Is this the one you like or is it for the pour-on?

I think I will do the same. I feed free choice minerals just as you do but the salt idea that 1892 vett and mo_cows addressed makes alot of sence to me so I to am going to by plain salt as well. Although I am not sure I can get in loose form. Post and lets us know if this works, I am...

Grannysoo, This is JUST a thought: I don't know if you had heavy rains this spring but we had unusually high amounts . I tested my soil in three pastures, and tested my forage (hay) that was cut this spring. I also decided to test hay cut from spring 2007 that is in my barn loft for horses. I...

Rockridge, Good point about keeping them cool! I started using a small hand held cooler for that reason.

Spinning off the Aquacillin thread I am very interested to know what most people do when vaccinating , injecting dewormer, etc. These are questions not nessessarily my practice. 1. Do you use a different needle per animal? 2. If not how many animals do you average per needle? 3. Do you...

Rockridge, Great site, Thank you very much! That was just what I wanted to see!

We have five strands of high tensil wire. Three of the five are "hot"-hooked up to a very good electric fence charger. I also keep the "slinky" type wire with a rubber handle in front of all gates. It works very well. So well that I have been able to use a flexable wire in a pasture that...

This calf had odds against him anyway. He was out of a "open" heifer I purchased and then she calved at 16 months old. I caught her in labor ,watched her as she had the calf normally but it was contained in the bag and I had to break the bag. I'm sure he would have died if I hadn't been their...

regolith, Your correct. If it happens again I will take samples to the vet. It seems odd to me that is has happened to the same calf twice. But, I did read that the calves of first time heifers usually don't get enough colostrum which would contain antibodies and microbes to have a better...

Okay went out to give the meds and took a temp. He has a temp of 103.2. His stool is getting more green in color now and he didn't fail any of the dehydration tests. The other calf I was concerned about looked normal. Good news!

I went to the only source in my area on a Sunday and got Sustain II (sulfamethazine) 72 hr. sustained release bolus and a probios oral gel. This was all that was available but I am sure it will do the trick. Thank you Knersie. Tell me though where do you find information on scours with...

Knersie, If It is coccidiosis,isn't that a protozoal infection? We did have to put our cattle in a two acre lot that has a shelter under which they had created mud due to excessive rain, last week as they got out of a main pasture and we had to refence for three days. We are going to put in...