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2 week old calf angus seizures
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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 404101" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>My guess on your calf is meningitis. Those seizures are nasty to watch. Quite often the eyes will start clouding as well and the calf will go blind. It is a pus covering the eye ball. If it is bacterial meningitis the death rate is 100%. Here is some information on it.</p><p><a href="http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/101600.htm" target="_blank">http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index ... 101600.htm</a></p><p></p><p>We had one this happened to. He appeared fine at birth a few days later he seemed weak and was having a hard time getting up. Then the seizures started. Had the vet out and he was just put down when we found out it was meningitis. Phone your vet and ask him what he thinks about meningitis being the cause. As was mentioned he is the one that is there and it is hard to diagnose over the internet but might as well run it by him.</p><p>If it is meningitis it does not mean all your calves are in danger. When we had it there was only one calf in the entire year (our only one ever for that matter) and they all calved in the same place. I hope that is not it but it is the first thing I think of when I hear about those seizures. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p>Let us know what happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 404101, member: 1258"] My guess on your calf is meningitis. Those seizures are nasty to watch. Quite often the eyes will start clouding as well and the calf will go blind. It is a pus covering the eye ball. If it is bacterial meningitis the death rate is 100%. Here is some information on it. [url=http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/101600.htm]http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index ... 101600.htm[/url] We had one this happened to. He appeared fine at birth a few days later he seemed weak and was having a hard time getting up. Then the seizures started. Had the vet out and he was just put down when we found out it was meningitis. Phone your vet and ask him what he thinks about meningitis being the cause. As was mentioned he is the one that is there and it is hard to diagnose over the internet but might as well run it by him. If it is meningitis it does not mean all your calves are in danger. When we had it there was only one calf in the entire year (our only one ever for that matter) and they all calved in the same place. I hope that is not it but it is the first thing I think of when I hear about those seizures. :( Let us know what happens. [/QUOTE]
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