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Am I too worried or should I be worried?
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<blockquote data-quote="highvoltagecattleco" data-source="post: 395463" data-attributes="member: 6225"><p>I second or third "get a second opinion" Last year I had a young cow die who had a month old calf on her. I was gone and my wife called a vet who is too smart for me. He thinks highly of himself. He came on my place and checked the dead cow and said he couldn't determine cause unless he did an autopsy. Then he proceeded to check what kind of feed, mineral, and grain I was using and freely gave his opinion about my feed. He looked at my other cows and declared they were fine. I got home that evening. I had three cows who would not eat and a fourth who could crap through a screen door. I called an old vet who has forgot more things than most have known. He looked at that dead cow and said BVD. He gave Nuflor to the cows showing affects and to all the young calves. I had vaccinated, but I was between the initial and booster shots. This is a long winded story about how one vet can almost decimate your herd if you take crappy advice. Another lesson learned was: Get a BVD test done on new cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="highvoltagecattleco, post: 395463, member: 6225"] I second or third "get a second opinion" Last year I had a young cow die who had a month old calf on her. I was gone and my wife called a vet who is too smart for me. He thinks highly of himself. He came on my place and checked the dead cow and said he couldn't determine cause unless he did an autopsy. Then he proceeded to check what kind of feed, mineral, and grain I was using and freely gave his opinion about my feed. He looked at my other cows and declared they were fine. I got home that evening. I had three cows who would not eat and a fourth who could crap through a screen door. I called an old vet who has forgot more things than most have known. He looked at that dead cow and said BVD. He gave Nuflor to the cows showing affects and to all the young calves. I had vaccinated, but I was between the initial and booster shots. This is a long winded story about how one vet can almost decimate your herd if you take crappy advice. Another lesson learned was: Get a BVD test done on new cows. [/QUOTE]
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