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<blockquote data-quote="greggy" data-source="post: 1616597" data-attributes="member: 38479"><p>Hi Ken,</p><p></p><p>When calves first bought, all were healthy and lively. It would have been a month or so later that certain ones started with a cough.</p><p></p><p>Only 2 ever got sick or looked ill, or where it seemed to have any effect, the worst one is gone, the second seems to have made a full recovery with assistance from anti biotic, she is the one a month behind, another in that group also was starting to cough often, so she was treated too before it became more complicated & is the largest in the group.</p><p></p><p>An earlier mob has one that is visibly smaller, she had a very mild cough, does everything else the same as others, in other words, not displayed any difficulties or been down etc, but she is the one that started me thinking about this.</p><p></p><p>There is also 2 newer calves, but over 3 months, they been on mum & too big and strong to wrestle to give milk, came from same property and been together, they eat plenty of starter pellet, had them confined in small area but can see both mobs , no contact though, I think I noticed the male cough a few times now, but that could be from feed.</p><p></p><p>If the cough starts like this, would it suggest a stress and conditions induced problem, or is that unlikely. The first mob with the 1 calf out of 9 of a very mild cough at times, they have had more space, but they tend to be on top of each other, either resting, or at the feed trough <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Is there a simple test I can do later ?</p><p></p><p>My initial thoughts were, that I was only going to use and retain those that performed well, and looked good, but maybe they need testing too. I may have to start reading more on this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greggy, post: 1616597, member: 38479"] Hi Ken, When calves first bought, all were healthy and lively. It would have been a month or so later that certain ones started with a cough. Only 2 ever got sick or looked ill, or where it seemed to have any effect, the worst one is gone, the second seems to have made a full recovery with assistance from anti biotic, she is the one a month behind, another in that group also was starting to cough often, so she was treated too before it became more complicated & is the largest in the group. An earlier mob has one that is visibly smaller, she had a very mild cough, does everything else the same as others, in other words, not displayed any difficulties or been down etc, but she is the one that started me thinking about this. There is also 2 newer calves, but over 3 months, they been on mum & too big and strong to wrestle to give milk, came from same property and been together, they eat plenty of starter pellet, had them confined in small area but can see both mobs , no contact though, I think I noticed the male cough a few times now, but that could be from feed. If the cough starts like this, would it suggest a stress and conditions induced problem, or is that unlikely. The first mob with the 1 calf out of 9 of a very mild cough at times, they have had more space, but they tend to be on top of each other, either resting, or at the feed trough :) Is there a simple test I can do later ? My initial thoughts were, that I was only going to use and retain those that performed well, and looked good, but maybe they need testing too. I may have to start reading more on this. [/QUOTE]
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