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Best treatment for dehydrated-scouring calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="badaxemoo" data-source="post: 252798" data-attributes="member: 3926"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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).</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>3. Does anyone use calfguard (the oral immunization for scours protection)?</p><p></p><p>4. We have selenium deficient soils. Should I be giving the calves selenium shots? I mix some selenium in with the cattle's mineral.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for all the questions, but we are novices at this stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="badaxemoo, post: 252798, member: 3926"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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