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We had a steer go down in the feedlot. He was bright and alert with loads of try. The vet had a look at him and it was decided to salvage slaughter him. When the spine was split into the two halves of beef, we had our answer as to what caused this steer to go down suddenly; he had a small...

Although I cannot see her toes in the video, she looks like a "foot lesion" to me. Cattle walk on the inside toe on the front feet and the outside toe on the hind feet. That is to say they bear most of their weight on one toe rather than the other. She also has the classic body shape of an...

Now that we are getting in to the preg checking season, I thought I should post how things ended up on my end. We gave the scour vaccine, Jencine ERC, to the cow herd at preg check in November for the first time. Usually, the cow herd would be run through again 30 days prior to the start of...

Draxxin is a macrolide drug which means it concentrates in the lung tissues. It is also excellent for FR and pinkeye. Excede, Naxel, Excenel are all excellent on e.coli and we have had great success treating scours using Excede. Is the calf is depressed or in pain, Banamine will also help but...

Strange his temp isn't higher with pn'a but perhaps he's on the backside of it. Nuflor is likely your best bet and I would give it SQ at 6cc per 100wt. If you gave it IM, the dosage is 3cc per 100wt and then repeat in two days. Excenel is also excellent for respiratory issues but you would have...

The reason Excede is approved for ear administration has to do with the meat withdrawl period. As the ears are removed at slaughter and not used in any way for human consumption, they can have a shorter w/d date then they would for a SQ approved product given in the neck. It is no less...

We're planning on freeze branding the new bull battery this year and I was wondering about the times used when applying the irons. We will be using LN2 and the bulls will be yearling black Angus and two year old Herefords. Any tips would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I believe coccidiosis is more of an issue in calves 3 weeks and older. Sounds like your scouring calf has some irritated intestinal lining. If there's a lot of blood, it could be an ulcer. Is it fresh blood (bright coloured) or dark? We treat our scouring calves with Excede and Banamine. Excede...

We had a saying in the feedlot (edited for content): :secret: You don't eat; you don't poop. You don't poop; you die. Sorry about your bull. Sounds like the vet gave him a laxative? You could try removing his rumen contents and replacing them with the contents from a healthy rumen.

Banamine is off label given SQ. You can give it IV and IM in cattle here in Canada. It sounds like the injection hit the nerve in the hind leg. I've seen this in a cat when an antibiotic injection was given in the "thigh" area. Hopefully your calf will be okay in time, but the cat never regained...

Great way to put it! I agree! I usually use Nuflor or Resflor for navel/joint ill. However, with this new information that Lucky has shared, I will likely switch over to Excede. Lucky, if E.coli is responsible for most cases of navel ill and joint ill, would the scours vaccine (for E.coli)...

Calves: 16 ga x 1" for Resflor, Excede, Nuflor, etc. IM and to IV drugs, 3/4" for SQ 18 ga x 3/4" for SQ vaccines, 18 ga x 1" for IM vaccines Cows: 14 ga x 1 1/2" to IV drugs in the jugular, 18 ga x 1 1/2" to IV drugs in the tail vein 14 ga or 16 ga x 1" to IM drugs or...

We have always fed hay to our bred cows over the winter, but now we are bringing in barley greenfeed for the herd. They are on average, 1000 lbs cows that will start calving March 1st. Some are a little thinner than I like and the temperatures range from -20 to 0 C or so right now. We use a bale...

You said it...castrate him. It's likely from riding the cows. I imagine you'll keep battling it unless you suture it in place. Are you keeping him intact for a reason?

I also looked into this issue earlier this fall. We used to vaccinate the cows for scours 30 days or so before they started calving. This year I wanted to try something different as I hate to run cows through the chute that close to calving. We always had a few slip their calves afterwards. It...

How advanced is it? After she calves, you could remove the eye and she could continue to produce calves for you if the cancer has not spread. Or you could remove the eye and ship her when she clears the drug withdrawl. We wait until they calve and then remove the eye. When we wean her calf in...

We had 15% open on about 700 cows. I was surprised that the number was so low as we were right in the middle of several major forest fires this summer. Between the smoke, flames and not being able to get near our cows for a month, I was bracing for a far worse preg check. :banana:

Hillsdown, Two years ago when it hit -30ish for a few weeks, we had an outbreak of cocci in our calf lot. They had sh*t balls so heavy they could not lift their tails, which exasperated the problem. Anyways, we hauled every affected calf to the calving barn and used hot water to thaw their...

Draxxin is by far the better BRD drug in my opinion. Also really good on FR and pinkeye (but pricey). Excede is licensed in the states for ear injections but we give it SQ in the neck on calves under 3 months (we have our vet's blessing). I personally will never use Micotil again. Draxxin is a...

Sorry about stealing your handle! I did not see that you were registered until later. The Aussie's that worked here for a calving season used to call me a "jillaroo" and I thought it was a neat name. Anyways, you are too kind and thanks for the compliment. :tiphat: I saw a lot of stuff in the...