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    Bull losing condition

    check your feed ration , some feed aint much of a ration, make sure he is getting enough protien and some cracked corn , drench worm him with safeguard, pour on dont do much for worms
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    Terrible tasting/ smelling beef

    I would say it hung to long , turned sour , I got a steak at a steak house one time that the minute it was put on the table I could smell it , I called the waiter, she said she could smell it, It had a very distinct sour smell to it
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    Black Vultures

    they are getting bad here in NC , in fact at Jordan lake fisherman had there trucks damaged , while the boats are out on the lake the buzzards flocked to the unattended trucks and ate the rubber molding on the trucks around the windows and windshield , some of them had over a $1000 damage ...
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    warning about pore on wormers

    I have set one on fire my self and know a few others that have , but you will need a hot shot if you are going to be in the cow business, I can bump one with it alot easier on me and the cow than climbing the wall and pushing and twisting till you turn blue and the cow still wont move, There is...
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    Pneumatic drench gun

    where can I buy a pneumatic drench gun, it runs off air compressor, ?I have searched the web, and cant find a thing , but i have seen them on the cattle shows and in magazines .
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    Ever fed this to cattle?

    I can get cargill 14% medicated with gainpro for $190.00 here in NC
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    Pain relief for cattle

    Banamine can be given IM without incicent , I have done it and my vet has as well, I would be careful with dex, I usually use it only for cows that have had a difficult birth and having a hard time standing back up, or on a bull with a swollen foot or joint ,ect...
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    Pain relief for cattle

    Banamine and dexomethasone
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    Insurance

    it is kinda pricey, usually folks will only insure a high dollar bull or donor cow, I have had a few insured for 7-10K before , only collected on one bull that went down though.I would say your farm owners coud have a provision for loss a more than one head, in the event of lightning strike or...
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    Put down my first cow, don't use a 9MM

    you probably hit her low on the head , old saying "proper bullet placement puts them down, I haved killed hundreds of sows and hogs , and if you hit them low , IT WILL NOT Kill them, proper brain shot , they drop in thier tracks,
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    Anaplasmosis season is here.

    my neighboor lost 2 cows this month, blood test confirmed plasmosis ,
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    Lightning :-(

    sorry for your loss, many years ago, maybe 40 yrs, a storm came through NC and a neighboor had a wooded area in one of his pastures , the cows were all huddled in the woods and lightning struck and killed 30 some cows , I cant remember the exact number , but it was in the 30's , it was talked...
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    New calf from auction - weak, diarrhea, not taking bottle

    I would use draxxin instead penecillin , alot better drug, I use spectham and legacy injectable as well when we have a scouring calf. , it works good for us,
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    Feeding Mineral

    put the barrel inside a truck tire , bolt it with a few bolts , and it will last , and the cows cant turn it over , attach a piece of chain to one of the bolts , and you can drag it with a 4 wheeler.
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    Calk with Trocar still bloating

    he may be a chronic bloater , and never get over it
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    Ivomec v. Dectomax?

    RFD said on a TV a while back if you had a tolerance to ivermec , you ha it to both pour on and injectable ,since it was the same active ingredient , but research at a universerity showed double worming with a drench and a injectable at the same time was showing to be a good way to give a good...
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    Safegaurd or Valbazen drench

    I think it is time for me to switch wormers , I have used injectable now for several years, give me some opinions , Do I go with Safegaurd or Valbazen, I know to watch out for pregnant cows with the valbazen in the first 60 days . thanks guys :cboy:
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    "Long Range" Wormer

    my neighboor was impressed when he used Longrange on his whole herd , but also my other neighboor as well as my self has been using injectable ivomec based proudcts now for several years , and he just switched to a round of wormer in the fall with safeguard drench , and he said it was like...
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    Cheap mineral

    my grandpa always said good is never the cheap and cheap is never good , but we have gotten along well with the sweetlix mineral , I do know the Vitaferm is a very good mineral
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    Cheap mineral

    you can get a nation brand for 13.50 here , I get sweet lix High Mag here for 13.50 delivered , by the ton , it is very good mineral. Lots of minerals got way over priced when corn prices went up , I was getting sweet lix Copper Head for 14.00 , now it is about 19.00 , so I went back to the...
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