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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 997919" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>I raised a couple bottle calves two years ago, and learned a few things. First, don't go cheap on the milk replacer. Get stuff that is made with real milk. The stuff with soy protein is not good for their first month. It can cause allergies, and calves can't digest soy protein until at least 3 weeks of age. Undigested replacer travels down their digestive tract and causes scours. This was my experience the first week until I went and got the good stuff.</p><p></p><p>Antibiotics generally do more harm than good, as they mess up the normal bacteria in the gut.</p><p></p><p>Keep the pen clean and your calf should do well. It's coming from a good source - not like a salebarn or somewhere it could pick up bugs. And being a single, won't have other calves from which it can catch something.</p><p></p><p>Here's a good article.</p><p><a href="http://txanc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/UtilizingMilkReplacer.pdf" target="_blank">http://txanc.org/wp-content/uploads/201 ... placer.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 997919, member: 8265"] I raised a couple bottle calves two years ago, and learned a few things. First, don't go cheap on the milk replacer. Get stuff that is made with real milk. The stuff with soy protein is not good for their first month. It can cause allergies, and calves can't digest soy protein until at least 3 weeks of age. Undigested replacer travels down their digestive tract and causes scours. This was my experience the first week until I went and got the good stuff. Antibiotics generally do more harm than good, as they mess up the normal bacteria in the gut. Keep the pen clean and your calf should do well. It's coming from a good source - not like a salebarn or somewhere it could pick up bugs. And being a single, won't have other calves from which it can catch something. Here's a good article. [url=http://txanc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/UtilizingMilkReplacer.pdf]http://txanc.org/wp-content/uploads/201 ... placer.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]
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