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We had a cow once that had the exact same syptoms. Called the vet out and said it was anaplasmosis. One way to see if you are able to do it is check her blood. If its real watery, then its a pretty safe bet thats what it is.

We have the crossbow type and as long as you pay attention to the directions and keep it clean, as far as i am concerned, it is well worth the money. We run cows in strip mine hills where the sqeeze chute may be mile or more away. The sick cow doesn't want to see you and doesn't care about the...

I think the real problem with resistence to antibiotics lies with the people themselves. For a large majority of people, everytime they get sick with a cough or cold, they go to the doctor and expect antibiotics even though what they have might be a virus that has to run its course. Then when...

The calves on milk and calf starter shouldn't bloat. The bloat problem usually lies with older calves that have had no or very little grain go to a mostly grain diet in a very short amount of time. This shouldn't be a problem with your situation. We keep calf starter in front of them all the...

The calves on milk and calf starter shouldn't bloat. The bloat problem usually lies with older calves that have had no or very little grain go to a mostly grain diet in a very short amount of time. This shouldn't be a problem with your situation. We keep calf starter in front of them all the...

Years ago we had the same thing happen. 500 lb. calves on pasture, fine one day and then 7 dead within a day. Had the vet check into it a found it to be a fast acting strain of pneumonia. The rest of the calves were fine. Can't say this and that are the same thing, but the similarities are...

We raise holstein calves and we feed 2 liters twice a day. It is usually about 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. We decrease to one feeding after 6 weeks and quit the milk replacer all together at 7 weeks of age. During this whole time we feed them as much calf starter as they want. They really pick up the...

We use Purina Wind and Rain minerals. We pay about $18.50/bag for the kind that has CTC in it. We are going to try using tasco this year along with the CTC during the breeding season and if I can remember, I think it costs about $23/bag. Do many of you out there use minerals with CTC in them?

We used to use the back rubs, but have found for us it is easier to use the fly tags since we run them all through the headgate in the spring for a round of vaccinations. This way we know everyone gets one and one tag lasts until the very tail end of our fly season. One suggestion though is to...

We butcher our own beef and use a .22 cal. We visually make an "X" on the animals forehead from where, if they have horns, they protrude from the head to the eye on the opposite side of the body. Aim for the middle of the X, and we have never had a problem putting them down in one shot.