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Sounds like an inverted hair follicle, one of my horseshad one on her mid line right behind her withers, just kept it clean, not much of a problem This one sounds as if it was totaly under the skin, and kept developing hairs and exudate, very weird have one black cow with something similar...

Hello, At the Beef cattle short course last year a DVM mentioned an off lable use of the inter nasal vaccine used to prevent resp. DZ he indicated that the mode of action of that inter nasal vaccine would disrupt the prolifferation of the virus causing the scours and would aid the calf in...

Hello the only financial reason to utilize liquid feed or protein tubs is to increase the cost efficiency of maintaining your cow herd on available resources Feed your pet cow what ever you want, if you enjoy it and it makes you happy who cares what anyone else thinks, I was trying to bring up...

That is a benefficial aquatic plant, great hiding place for bait fish, have not successfuly gotten it to grow in the tanks yet, Not Hydrilla (SP?) but very good plant for keeping water clear, and housing bait fish

Hello, Have seen calves with heart murmurs, they die young, not cost effective to diagnose or treat, via Cardio Echo or meds to improve heart function, both require a specialist of veterinary cardiology, we have treated pet goats for cardio myopathy but they were "Pets", with cattle, which are...

Hello, the method of action of the Inter-Nasal vaccine has been shown to reduce viral growth by preventing the virus from reproducing as quickly, or prevent it from binding to the proteins to replicate, somehow it interups the mode of action This is an off label use however seems to work well...

Hello, The pour on type wormers are designed primarily for ranch cattle not show calves, in fact several club calf raisers wont use the pour on because it damages the hair coat and can cause some hair loss, they opt for the oral paste type wormer and have good results, if all else fails, get a...

OK, this is for the folks who have more than a hundful of cattle Tub supplements provide a non-protein source of Nitrogen which the rumen microbes can convert into protein digestible by the rumenant I am in central Texas and have seen several years of drought where only poor quality forage is...

Waite just a darn minute Do not sart Banamine after a course of Dex therapy, you can cause gastric ulcers big time, same goes for Bute. Hydro therapy, strong stream of water shot at the limbs to increase blood flow may help Do not EVER give Caldex in the Milk vein, you can get hurt, and hurt...

Hello, as long as your female is on moderate feed/grass during her last trimester you should not have too much trouble, however, there are also genetic variants which can come into play, Your calf may arive in February, hopefully she wond be grazing lush winter farage until afte her calf is...

The spray you are asking for is usually an back order, try Valley Vet, or Jeffers on line, but LA200 works well, just have to deal with the injection site reactions of that drug, give SQ not IM

If this is a show heifer, and she is on lots of show feed she may be putting on a lot of fat around her tail head, Palpate the area with the tips of your fingers, using a finger, press gently to depress the tissue, if it pops back up easily it may be fat, if it leaves depressions, this is...

Bloody stool is common with coccidia, treat with Corid, oral drench, faster than waiting for them to consume adequat amounts in drinking water treated with meds, provide lots of high fiber forage, not lush grass, this will help reduce fast moving stools If your calf is trying to prolapse a...

I believe the was a post on one of the boards a few weeks back that indicated that a Johne's Positive animal was banned from sale to the human food chain, we test our herd, I have never had a possitive, so I am not sure what happens when you end up with one that is positve, if the state gets...

Could also be liver flukes, ask your vet if they are indemic to your area, and if so if they suggest worming with injectable v pour on, check mouth to make sure cattle have good teeth, if teeth or comming out, or gone, it makes it more difficult to eat

There is not a vaccine for Johne's Bovine leucosis is also a waisting DZ in cattle and can be detected in the CSF of the animal on a slide, best done by a vet When cattle have any type of waisting DZ, get the vet out ASAP, pull blood, do a fecal, find the cause and fix it, don't let it...

If this is the case and the calf is dead, the only way to be sure is to palpate, then if it is dead, I would ship her, even if you have the vet out, it would require a fetotamy of the calf was mumified, if not mumified, wear two gloves and stimulate her to have dilation and contractions so that...

I would agree, get them into the chute, check and see if it is pitting adema, poke finger into it for 10-20 seconds, if you leave a pit, that does not bouce back, that is piting adema, Then get a blood sample, red top, purple top, green top, send off for a Chem Panel, CBC, and save serum for...

Well, I think of it this way, test the hay, smell the hay, if it bugs your beak the cows won't like it either, look into protein quality, over all cost of each bale with shipping to the ranch, if prices are up, look into a poorer quality available forrage and supplament with liquid protein, hay...

Depending on what your bull weighs, 6 grams in not alot We had a cow who sheards off her hip called a droped hip, and we we giving her 14 grams once a day, crushed in grain till she was able to wean off the calf, then we pulled her off for 30= days and fed her out and butchered her...