badaxemoo
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Two days ago I went to check on the calves and found one lying on the ground, his eyes rolled back and unable to lift his head. He had some yellow-white scours at his rear end. I had checked him closely the night before and he looked fine. We are in the middle of a heat wave.
I gave him a shot of LA200, dosed him with some Pepto-Bismol, and during the course of hte night he drank 8 quarts of electrolyte fluid (2 quarts every 4 hours).
The next morning he was up and walking, but he still seems to be a bit slow - until this point he had been the most vigourous of our four calves. I've observed him nursing since he got sick.
1. If he is on the upswing now, can I expect a full recovery - or do dehydrated calves often suffer permanent damage. The skin on his neck tented for about one second at his second electrolyte meeting?
2. Should I do anything different next time? I called the vet that night because I thought he could use an IV, but he basically told me in the heat we were having and the condition of the calf he probably wouldn't make it, so I muddled through myself.
3. Does anyone use calfguard (the oral immunization for scours protection)?
4. We have selenium deficient soils. Should I be giving the calves selenium shots? I mix some selenium in with the cattle's mineral.
Sorry for all the questions, but we are novices at this stuff.
I gave him a shot of LA200, dosed him with some Pepto-Bismol, and during the course of hte night he drank 8 quarts of electrolyte fluid (2 quarts every 4 hours).
The next morning he was up and walking, but he still seems to be a bit slow - until this point he had been the most vigourous of our four calves. I've observed him nursing since he got sick.
1. If he is on the upswing now, can I expect a full recovery - or do dehydrated calves often suffer permanent damage. The skin on his neck tented for about one second at his second electrolyte meeting?
2. Should I do anything different next time? I called the vet that night because I thought he could use an IV, but he basically told me in the heat we were having and the condition of the calf he probably wouldn't make it, so I muddled through myself.
3. Does anyone use calfguard (the oral immunization for scours protection)?
4. We have selenium deficient soils. Should I be giving the calves selenium shots? I mix some selenium in with the cattle's mineral.
Sorry for all the questions, but we are novices at this stuff.