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After reading some of your posts about vets, I had a feeling that a new vet might be a good idea. She died. But thanks for all of your two-cents-es. They both were healthy as calves and came from a great dairy farm. I'm not sure what joint ill is, but they never seemed to have any physical...

I called him yesterday and he said that before he tried to diagnose her she should be warmed up and gotten to where she's eating again. I fed her milk from a bottle yesterday and some grain. She seemed eager to eat and drink for a while but wouldn't get up or even hold her head up. I covered...

It was too late to call the vet yesterday so I'll call today. When we called about the first downed calf, he didn't have any straight forward advice. He suggested electrolytes, coccidiosis treatment, get him on a soft bed of hay, may want to try selenium. He never mentioned possible WMD or...

I posted last month under "white muscle disease" about a 4 month old calf that I thought had WMD. After 6 days and lots of research we bought BoSe but it was too late. We did give our other four young calves a shot as prevention because two of them seemed iffy. They started grazing again and...

One of our calves, 4 months old, couldn't stand all the way up 3 days ago and now he's down and can't even move his legs. He has a lot of eye junk and a really good appetite. He had diarrhea but since we've been hand feeding him several times a day, his stool has really firmed up. We're new...

We've just had (are having) the exact same problem. One of our (seven) calves, 4 months old, couldn't get up 3 days ago and now he can't even move his legs. He has the same eye junk, a lot of it, and a really good appetite. He had diarrhea but since we've been hand feeding him several times a...