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    Ever notice how cattle can get themselves into trouble?

    I’m gonna go out on a limb, and suggest Blackleg. Vaccines aren’t 100%, effective, and the buzzards usually leave them alone (for a bit, anyway). It’s triggered by any injury, which could’ve been horsefly bites, hence all the blood. And it takes them fast. We had one breakthrough the vaccine...
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    Heifer with warts

    We just use pliers and pull ‘em off, root an all. Small ones, just a fingernail can scratch ‘em off, but be sure to wash afterwards. It IS a virus which causes warts
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    Heifer with warts

    We’ve had several bad cases of warts in the last few years. Way worse than this animal. Some look like dark icicles hanging off the heifer. Truly disgusting stuff. We tend to treat depending on what the animal is being used for. If it’s been sold, and we just noticed the issue, I’ll inform...
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    Lump/abscess after vaccinations

    We had this situation many years ago. I forget the name of the medication. Several of our animals developed Huuuge abscesses at the site. Some we poked and drained, they were about the size of a grapefruit, some absorbed naturally without assistance, and one burst on its own (I don’t...
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    Dehorning nubs

    No, you just grab it from the top, and pull over the head. You might get some hair attached... Most we can pull off in the field, occasionally we get a calf that won’t cooperate, and yes u have to bring them in to corner them
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    Dehorning nubs

    We use a small dab of the paste, and then gorilla tape around the head when they are about a week old. (A full sized piece over the top, about 6-8 inches long, and a half wide strip around the whole head to keep it on) Remove the tape in a day or two. It keeps the rain from running the paste...
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