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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 966724" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>TB - they kinda run the gamut - and there may be some issues with regard to 'chronicity', as well. I either see profuse watery diarrhea or constipation; seems like, early on, they scour, but often, in the terminal stages, they get contipated - probably 'cause they're not going to water and become progressively more dehydrated - and their kidneys are shutting down. </p><p></p><p>Had a calf through the lab last week that was a classical case of acorn toxicosis; no discernible acorns/shells left in the rumen, but the 'porridge' in there still had some small chunks of acorn meat in it. BUN(blood urea nitrogen) level was 306 mg/dl(normal is 4-17). Kidneys were shot; lots of edema surrounding the kidneys, the whole carcass smelled of urine; ulcers in the GI tract due to bacteria breaking the urea down to ammonia, which is damaging to gut epithelium, blood vessels, and nerve tissues. This calf had been scouring, but at the point I got it, feces were firm, hard, and mucus-coated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 966724, member: 12607"] TB - they kinda run the gamut - and there may be some issues with regard to 'chronicity', as well. I either see profuse watery diarrhea or constipation; seems like, early on, they scour, but often, in the terminal stages, they get contipated - probably 'cause they're not going to water and become progressively more dehydrated - and their kidneys are shutting down. Had a calf through the lab last week that was a classical case of acorn toxicosis; no discernible acorns/shells left in the rumen, but the 'porridge' in there still had some small chunks of acorn meat in it. BUN(blood urea nitrogen) level was 306 mg/dl(normal is 4-17). Kidneys were shot; lots of edema surrounding the kidneys, the whole carcass smelled of urine; ulcers in the GI tract due to bacteria breaking the urea down to ammonia, which is damaging to gut epithelium, blood vessels, and nerve tissues. This calf had been scouring, but at the point I got it, feces were firm, hard, and mucus-coated. [/QUOTE]
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