SpringHill Farms
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Just had a 4 month old purebred angus heifer die all of a sudden. I had just fed the cows and calves corn and was over feeding some goats when all of a sudden one of my calves started running around in a big circle bawling very loudly then she just dropped to her side and was convulsing. She couldn't hold her head up. She was mouthing a lot and breathing hard. I let her drink out of a bucket. I even poured water on her not knowing if she just got too hot. The way she acted when she was running around was like she was stung by a bee. I'm wondering if she could of had a reaction. It was very hot here today. (close to 100 degrees) When I walked over to feed the cattle they were all laying in the shade and I had just said to myself "what a wonderful looking calve she was" and not 25 minutes later she was dead. Pretty disturbing to watch her die like that. One minute I was praising her for being a good calf and the next minute I'm digging a hole for her. Have any of you great cattlemen and women had any similar experiences?