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300 lbs. calves -- I just can't keep them healthy!
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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 876696" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>There is </p><p>1 - Jersey heifer - purchased directly from a well known dairy as a 3 week old calf</p><p>1 - Black Baldy heifer (who I have had the least problems with)</p><p>1 - Hereford Steer </p><p>1 - Black Angus Heifer</p><p>1 - Maine Anjou Heifer - bottle calf, got coccidiosis but never any appreciable respiratory issues. However, she breathes like a freight train. But maybe that is just her. </p><p></p><p>What prompted me to write this is the hereford steer, who 10 days into treatment. I first used Nuflor. He first symptoms were cough and fever. If a person didn't know better, they might think he just has a cough, but you can notice his increased respirations if you watch close. Not snot or runny eyes. He eats OK (even pushes some of heifers out of the grain pans) but today I went to check them all and he had a temperature of 106.7! The angus heifer was 103.7 (with no appreciable symptoms of any kind of illness) and the jersey 103.2. The maine and the baldy, who both cough, were 102.0. I would think hereford would seem a whole heck of alot sicker with a fever like that! So I treated him with Excede. This is the first time I have busted out with that. It makes me wonder if at one time or another, one of these heifers (primarily the maine) was that sick but trying to be conservative I did not treat her and now she sounds like an airplane flying over. However, I just don't see how she would have gotten better without treatment if she had a bug like that. If this hereford steer was a on a lot, no one would be treating him right now. He would come up to the bunk to eat and not catch anyone's eye. </p><p></p><p>I live in Colorado, where the temperature swings are pretty impressive and probably a good bit of the problem. About a month ago we had some 40 and 50 degree temp swings, and when I went to check on my pastured cattle I found 2 good sized (500-600 lbs) unweaned steers in pretty sore shape. Dumpy, snotting, mamas bags tight. I brought them up and treated them with Nuflor and they were fine in 3 days. I watch these little ones like a hawk (feed 2 times per day and out there a lot more) </p><p></p><p>How do you identify the problem? Swab, culture or do you know? How do you tell a difference between a "chronic" and one with an active infections, aside from fever or they fact that despite huffing and puffing they continue to eat and don't keel over after a couple of months?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 876696, member: 16801"] There is 1 - Jersey heifer - purchased directly from a well known dairy as a 3 week old calf 1 - Black Baldy heifer (who I have had the least problems with) 1 - Hereford Steer 1 - Black Angus Heifer 1 - Maine Anjou Heifer - bottle calf, got coccidiosis but never any appreciable respiratory issues. However, she breathes like a freight train. But maybe that is just her. What prompted me to write this is the hereford steer, who 10 days into treatment. I first used Nuflor. He first symptoms were cough and fever. If a person didn't know better, they might think he just has a cough, but you can notice his increased respirations if you watch close. Not snot or runny eyes. He eats OK (even pushes some of heifers out of the grain pans) but today I went to check them all and he had a temperature of 106.7! The angus heifer was 103.7 (with no appreciable symptoms of any kind of illness) and the jersey 103.2. The maine and the baldy, who both cough, were 102.0. I would think hereford would seem a whole heck of alot sicker with a fever like that! So I treated him with Excede. This is the first time I have busted out with that. It makes me wonder if at one time or another, one of these heifers (primarily the maine) was that sick but trying to be conservative I did not treat her and now she sounds like an airplane flying over. However, I just don't see how she would have gotten better without treatment if she had a bug like that. If this hereford steer was a on a lot, no one would be treating him right now. He would come up to the bunk to eat and not catch anyone's eye. I live in Colorado, where the temperature swings are pretty impressive and probably a good bit of the problem. About a month ago we had some 40 and 50 degree temp swings, and when I went to check on my pastured cattle I found 2 good sized (500-600 lbs) unweaned steers in pretty sore shape. Dumpy, snotting, mamas bags tight. I brought them up and treated them with Nuflor and they were fine in 3 days. I watch these little ones like a hawk (feed 2 times per day and out there a lot more) How do you identify the problem? Swab, culture or do you know? How do you tell a difference between a "chronic" and one with an active infections, aside from fever or they fact that despite huffing and puffing they continue to eat and don't keel over after a couple of months? [/QUOTE]
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