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    Bull's gotta problem

    Negative he had not been wormed since spring.
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    Bull's gotta problem

    Came home from work and found the bull lying beside of round bale dead. This was Sat. Evening. I am thinking probably something going on inside. I never seen any common diagnosed problems out of him and it just kinda was like hey a little slow to eat Weds., brought in cattle Thursday evening...
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    Bull's gotta problem

    My 4 yr. old bull seems to be loosing control in his hind end a bit. He is real unsteady walking to the point of sometimes falling and going down. Lies awhile then gets back up and goes a little further. It almost as if he is drunk from his middle on back. Did not seem hungry today. He was...
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    Question or opinion

    Had a fellow call the house wanting a young charolais calf to bottle feed and sold him the calf off of the heifer and will send the heifer to market in the morning. Thanks
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    Question or opinion

    Have a heifer that calved 3-4 weeks ago, calf sucks all the time so probably the heifer does not milk well, but yet the calf is making it, do you think to sell now as a pair, or wait till fall and sell sub prime calf and the heifer as bred. Just curious as to your thoughts, pasture room is not...
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    Swollen Foot

    Hey thanks for the info. all seems well now. I went to get him up after posting this and it seemed fine. Been checking everyday since seems OK. Thanks Wick
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    Swollen Foot

    Have a yealing bull who has a somewhat swollen foot. Not real bad but favors it some. Been muddy here and don't have the option of moving him to dry area. Swelling in foot not in the leg at all. I don't believe anything is in there just seems tender to him for some reason. I have two cows...
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    Cryptosporidium Parvum in Humans

    Man that sucks about you catching that stuff, I had 6 calves with it this past spring. Lost 3 of them to it. There is no treatment really for it, just keep yourself or calves very hydrated. Lots of fluids and TLC. Hope you get better. It is easily spread from animals to humans. I will wear...
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    Weird accidents

    had a steer 900 lb range get a piece of pvc pipe shaped in a T stuck on his foot. Had to cut it off of him with a saw. Have had cows get head stuck between gate and post many times, they push the gate open a little then stick head through then can't get out, have to take gate off hinges to get...
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    Update on Cripto. ?

    Well found out it is a single cell parasite that is injested by the calf when it first sucks the mother. Where I got it I can't figure where it came from. I had VA Animal Health Lab do tests on the feses from the sick calves. The tests came back positive for Criptosporidium (moderate-heavy)...
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    Kripto?

    Can anyone explane what kripto or cripto is? I send fecal samples off on some scouring calves and hey said it was kripto positive. They also said they didn't know of a treatment for it. Any help out there?
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    Retained Placenta

    Give her a shot of Lutalyse. She will clean.
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    Heifer found dead on her back

    Had the same thing happen the other day. I posted it earlier on here (Dead Cow Monday) it sucks but sorry for your loss.
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    Charolais bull with skin problems

    Sounds like lice to me. I guess he could have rubbed it off but this time of year I still say lice. Treatable with pour-on to kill lice.
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