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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9860"><p>Colostrum should be fed in the first 6 to 12 hours, and is useless after 24 hours. The stomach lining changes quickly in the newborn and by 24 hours he can no longer absorb colostrum.</p><p></p><p>If he just had a gray haze in/over his lens I would expect it to gradually disappear. You say it is opaque and is in the pupil. That doesn't sound like something that is going away. The good news is that a blind calf or cow can get along pretty well. Some can be let out to pasture with the herd, if they show ability to stay with the other animals. Some might need to be kept in a lot where they can memorize their surroundings.</p><p></p><p>We had a cow that had both eyelids sewn shut to heal a case of pinkeye. She knew when I was coming with feed, and she would listen to it fall to locate it. Her eyes were fine when we took the stitches out and she is a much tamer cow since that experience.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:dianab@iastate.edu">dianab@iastate.edu</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9860"] Colostrum should be fed in the first 6 to 12 hours, and is useless after 24 hours. The stomach lining changes quickly in the newborn and by 24 hours he can no longer absorb colostrum. If he just had a gray haze in/over his lens I would expect it to gradually disappear. You say it is opaque and is in the pupil. That doesn't sound like something that is going away. The good news is that a blind calf or cow can get along pretty well. Some can be let out to pasture with the herd, if they show ability to stay with the other animals. Some might need to be kept in a lot where they can memorize their surroundings. We had a cow that had both eyelids sewn shut to heal a case of pinkeye. She knew when I was coming with feed, and she would listen to it fall to locate it. Her eyes were fine when we took the stitches out and she is a much tamer cow since that experience. [email=dianab@iastate.edu]dianab@iastate.edu[/email] [/QUOTE]
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