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You should remove any hard manure from their tails. When it forms a hard ball around the tail it can stop the circulation and the tail can fall off.

Milk Fever?

You beat me to it Bez. You must type faster than me.

Not sure exactly how much a quart is as I work in litres but I guess its a quarter of a gallon? Doesn't sound like their getting enougth milk for starters. Should be drinking 2 litres milk replacer twice per day which is .44 gallons. If they're struggling to drink the full amount try splitting...

Bucket feeding would be easyer.

Yes, feed milk replacer, 21/2 litres twice per day, also offer free choice 18% protein corn and hay. When its eating about 5lbs of corn per day you can wean it.

Just curious GMN, as youre already withholding milk why use Exenel rather than a cheaper alternative like Tylan?

I have never personally had a case so you should get the vets advice on that. The bacteria that causes the infection is Corynebacterium pyogenes. I just looked it up in Cattle Ailments by Eddie Straiton if you want to read the symptoms for yourself. It was the only place I could find it. Same...

This could be either systemic mastitis or a condition called Big Legs which is a condition caused by a bacterial infection which affects the lymph glands of the legs and the udder tissue. Treatment is a course of a broad spectrum anti biotic. But its also important to remove the animal from any...

You swallow a text book Mike?

2 out of 8 is not good. You had your bull tested and he is a Jaffa (seedless). Get a new bull now or next year you may have 0/8.

Too much grass, looks to me like the cows got in the hay field. :)

You could shackle her legs to stop her lifting her foot up.

Is your calf out of a dairy cow? We have a few angus cross calves out of our holsteins and they are pretty sorry looking.

Hey Cowpunk, why dont you try injecting it somewhere else, like in the butt, or over the ribs if its sub-q., give his neck a break.

Its calles Orbseal in the UK. Its like a kind of soft putty. Its non toxic but can be difficult for a calf to suck out, we strip the cows teats at calving to give them a hand.

Blood stained scours is a symptom of salmonellosis, has the calf got a temperature?

Yes, but sometimes recurrent bloat can be caused by wire, it might be a good idea to use a metal detector if you know someone who has one.

I would advise against liquid nitrogen, it is dangerous to both you and the animal. If they're really bad then get the vet to cut them off, if theres just a few and the animal isnt suffering then leave them, they will probably disappear on their own as long as the steer is fit and healthy.