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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 471107" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>Dun,</p><p>there is something else to consider. The stress from birthing. This stress has a contibuting factor on the absorbtion rate of the immuglobbulins from the colostrum.</p><p>Pfizer did a study as i am sure other drug manufatures did.</p><p>2 calves.</p><p>calf A easy birth no problems</p><p>calf b hard birth stress etc</p><p></p><p>calf a and b bothgot the exact same colostrum, amount, antibodies, the same...how they did that is well...</p><p>calf a</p><p>less sickness. blood work came back lots of anti boies</p><p>calf </p><p>more sickness blood work came back not as much antibodies </p><p>theroy...stress has an impact on the absorbtion of colostrum.</p><p>again a management issue</p><p>we have had sickness, but all sickness has been a management issue</p><p>when it comes to a calf being sold at the auction barn the management pertains to the seller. the buyer management can not contol the birth or the colostrum intake or the stress of calf not bonding. The buyer management pertains to feeding correctly the bought calf, the vaccinations and raising the bought animal.</p><p></p><p>Watch and observe next calving season. Calves with stressful births, seem more prone to sickness, calves with timely colostrum and stress free birth less prone to sickness. </p><p></p><p>We have had sick calves and readily admit it boils down to management of the calves/cows at birth, timely ingestion of colsotrum and a a pile of luck...good and bad</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 471107, member: 6198"] Dun, there is something else to consider. The stress from birthing. This stress has a contibuting factor on the absorbtion rate of the immuglobbulins from the colostrum. Pfizer did a study as i am sure other drug manufatures did. 2 calves. calf A easy birth no problems calf b hard birth stress etc calf a and b bothgot the exact same colostrum, amount, antibodies, the same...how they did that is well... calf a less sickness. blood work came back lots of anti boies calf more sickness blood work came back not as much antibodies theroy...stress has an impact on the absorbtion of colostrum. again a management issue we have had sickness, but all sickness has been a management issue when it comes to a calf being sold at the auction barn the management pertains to the seller. the buyer management can not contol the birth or the colostrum intake or the stress of calf not bonding. The buyer management pertains to feeding correctly the bought calf, the vaccinations and raising the bought animal. Watch and observe next calving season. Calves with stressful births, seem more prone to sickness, calves with timely colostrum and stress free birth less prone to sickness. We have had sick calves and readily admit it boils down to management of the calves/cows at birth, timely ingestion of colsotrum and a a pile of luck...good and bad [/QUOTE]
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