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Best antibiotic for very sick calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 504750" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>sorry to hear you lost the calf</p><p></p><p>For the next case you will know what to do.</p><p></p><p>I forgot to mention this can be passed on from calf to calf. (Asked the vet after we had a bad bout of it) What happens is if a calf has it and lays in an area, and then gets up, another calf lays in the same spot with a young open navel and the bacteria will infect that calf. The cord acts like a sponge.</p><p>95% of navel ill is a management issue.</p><p>Clean bedding</p><p>adequate and timely colostrum</p><p>minimal stress</p><p>no crowding</p><p>We experience this with a calving area that was set up for 50 and then we increased to 100 but did not increase the area. Overcrowding was our downfall....vet came out right and stated that fact.</p><p></p><p>the other 5% comes from</p><p>a mal presentation...vet said they are higher risk</p><p>too long of a umbilical cord...acts like a sponge being dragged through the dirt</p><p>too short of an umbilical cord, exposure of the navel to all bacteria.</p><p></p><p>Iodining the navel in right after birth helps to pevent the problem</p><p></p><p>RR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 504750, member: 6198"] sorry to hear you lost the calf For the next case you will know what to do. I forgot to mention this can be passed on from calf to calf. (Asked the vet after we had a bad bout of it) What happens is if a calf has it and lays in an area, and then gets up, another calf lays in the same spot with a young open navel and the bacteria will infect that calf. The cord acts like a sponge. 95% of navel ill is a management issue. Clean bedding adequate and timely colostrum minimal stress no crowding We experience this with a calving area that was set up for 50 and then we increased to 100 but did not increase the area. Overcrowding was our downfall....vet came out right and stated that fact. the other 5% comes from a mal presentation...vet said they are higher risk too long of a umbilical cord...acts like a sponge being dragged through the dirt too short of an umbilical cord, exposure of the navel to all bacteria. Iodining the navel in right after birth helps to pevent the problem RR [/QUOTE]
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