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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9453"><p>> I have posted several messges</p><p>> about a sick calf I recently had.</p><p>> He died several days ago. He was</p><p>> an unusally large Holstein calf. I</p><p>> bought him from someone who got</p><p>> him at a sale barn. For the first</p><p>> two weeks or so he seemed fine,</p><p>> though he had some drainage in one</p><p>> of his eyes and minor nasal</p><p>> drainage. I gave him penicillin</p><p>> over a period of four days . He</p><p>> seemed to improve. Two days later</p><p>> I found him down Sunday morning</p><p>> and he could not get up on his on.</p><p>> I helped him up and he could stand</p><p>> on his own. Over the next four</p><p>> days I would help him up, and he</p><p>> was taking two bottles aday with</p><p>> no problem. On Thursday my wife</p><p>> took him half a bottle and she</p><p>> said he almost got up on his own.</p><p>> Thursday night, however, I went to</p><p>> feed him and he could not stand</p><p>> up, even with my assistance and</p><p>> would not take a bottle. When I</p><p>> went to give him fluids with a</p><p>> tube at midnight Thurday, he died.</p><p>> He never scoured, did not have any</p><p>> type of discharge, did not have</p><p>> any sores and did smell any worse</p><p>> than a typical calf. I was worried</p><p>> that this might be black leg,</p><p>> since he could not get up, but he</p><p>> did not seem to meet the symptoms.</p><p>> Can anyone tell me what might have</p><p>> caused him to die. Thanks, Keith HI KEITH,</p><p></p><p>SOUNDS LIKE SHIPPING FEVER, OR PNEMONIA TO ME. I HAD THE SAME LUCK WITH A HOLSTEIN CALF I BOUGHT AT THE SALE BARN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND I SHOT HIM WITH MICOTIL AND IT STARTED TO PULL HIM OUT OF IT BUT I FAILED TO HIT HIM AGAIN WITH A SECOND DOSE AND HE REVERTED BACK TO THE EXACT SAME STATE WITH THE VERY SAME SYMPTOMS YOU DESCRIBED AND I LOST HIM TOO. MICOTIL IS GOOD BUT I FOUND YOU HAVE TO TREAT WITH A SECOND DOSE TO BE SURE YOU GOT IT. IF MICOTIL DOESNT SEEM TO WORK I HAVE FOUND NUFLOR WORKS REALLY GOOD TO, IN SOME CASES WHEN MICOTIL WOULD'NT. JUST HAVE TO TREAT THE CALF MORE OFTEN WITH NUFLOR THAN WITH MICOTIL. HOPE THIS HELPS.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:tolleys1@yahoo.com">tolleys1@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9453"] > I have posted several messges > about a sick calf I recently had. > He died several days ago. He was > an unusally large Holstein calf. I > bought him from someone who got > him at a sale barn. For the first > two weeks or so he seemed fine, > though he had some drainage in one > of his eyes and minor nasal > drainage. I gave him penicillin > over a period of four days . He > seemed to improve. Two days later > I found him down Sunday morning > and he could not get up on his on. > I helped him up and he could stand > on his own. Over the next four > days I would help him up, and he > was taking two bottles aday with > no problem. On Thursday my wife > took him half a bottle and she > said he almost got up on his own. > Thursday night, however, I went to > feed him and he could not stand > up, even with my assistance and > would not take a bottle. When I > went to give him fluids with a > tube at midnight Thurday, he died. > He never scoured, did not have any > type of discharge, did not have > any sores and did smell any worse > than a typical calf. I was worried > that this might be black leg, > since he could not get up, but he > did not seem to meet the symptoms. > Can anyone tell me what might have > caused him to die. Thanks, Keith HI KEITH, SOUNDS LIKE SHIPPING FEVER, OR PNEMONIA TO ME. I HAD THE SAME LUCK WITH A HOLSTEIN CALF I BOUGHT AT THE SALE BARN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND I SHOT HIM WITH MICOTIL AND IT STARTED TO PULL HIM OUT OF IT BUT I FAILED TO HIT HIM AGAIN WITH A SECOND DOSE AND HE REVERTED BACK TO THE EXACT SAME STATE WITH THE VERY SAME SYMPTOMS YOU DESCRIBED AND I LOST HIM TOO. MICOTIL IS GOOD BUT I FOUND YOU HAVE TO TREAT WITH A SECOND DOSE TO BE SURE YOU GOT IT. IF MICOTIL DOESNT SEEM TO WORK I HAVE FOUND NUFLOR WORKS REALLY GOOD TO, IN SOME CASES WHEN MICOTIL WOULD'NT. JUST HAVE TO TREAT THE CALF MORE OFTEN WITH NUFLOR THAN WITH MICOTIL. HOPE THIS HELPS. [email=tolleys1@yahoo.com]tolleys1@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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