Surely you mean the rumen, not the lungs…What has it been eating?
You can debloat it with a water hose pushed down into the lungs. Put a short piece of PVC around it t keep them from crushing it with their teeth. I always give them some mineral oil first. If you have the calf in a squeeze chute, use the chute to gently apply pressure to its side. If its working you can feel the stinky air coming out of the lungs.
I put the PVC in their mouth then slowly push the hose through it working it back and forth to get it into the lungs.
Just standard longer acting antibiotics like Draxxin, NuFlor, etc. seem to get them through. I had to stick one with my pocket knife one time that was down and getting terminal to save it. Vet was out a couple days later and put in the trocar and it seems by the time the stitch holding the trocar disintegrated and the trocar worked its way out, the calf was fine (about 7-8 month old feeder calf). Some get pneumonia and now and then one seems to get this other infection. Might be pasteurella - not sure.Anything to do for the infection? I have one that seems to look like that some days, then other days looks pretty normal... eats and drinks and sucks cow pretty much like normal... Calf is about 3 months....
Bloat isn't in the lungs.What has it been eating?
You can debloat it with a water hose pushed down into the lungs. Put a short piece of PVC around it t keep them from crushing it with their teeth. I always give them some mineral oil first. If you have the calf in a squeeze chute, use the chute to gently apply pressure to its side. If its working you can feel the stinky air coming out of the lungs.
I put the PVC in their mouth then slowly push the hose through it working it back and forth to get it into the lungs.
That's what we did, LA 300 IM in the neck, but used more mineral oil than that, hope it wasn't too much. Stuck a needle in like a trocar and pulled the stopper out of the syringe, took the needle out after several minutes.If it isn't dead yet LA IM and about 60 cc of mineral oil down the hatch will set it right.
No such thing as too much mineral oil. You might waste some but what goes in will come out .That's what we did, LA 300 IM in the neck, but used more mineral oil than that, hope it wasn't too much. Stuck a needle in like a trocar and pulled the stopper out of the syringe, took the needle out after several minutes.
The bloat in calves that age is usually caused by "over eating disease" or Enterotoxemia. LA takes the infection out. The vets here might explain more eloquently……Why give the LA300 IM?