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Calf is weak and had purple gums
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 1117181" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Not sure the dex would do much for a VSD - but often animals with one congenital defect will have a second, and the dex may have positively affected that.</p><p></p><p>Not saying the calf does or does not have a heart defect, but it'd be a differential in my mind and I'd likely have it checked out before sinking too much money or effort into the calf. VSD excluded, the calf may just have a slow start and actually be normal.</p><p></p><p>And OP - assuming this is a black calf, you did compare the calf's gum color with the gums on another black animal to make sure it isn't normal for a black animal? Might sound like an absurd question but coloring does make a difference...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 1117181, member: 852"] Not sure the dex would do much for a VSD - but often animals with one congenital defect will have a second, and the dex may have positively affected that. Not saying the calf does or does not have a heart defect, but it'd be a differential in my mind and I'd likely have it checked out before sinking too much money or effort into the calf. VSD excluded, the calf may just have a slow start and actually be normal. And OP - assuming this is a black calf, you did compare the calf's gum color with the gums on another black animal to make sure it isn't normal for a black animal? Might sound like an absurd question but coloring does make a difference... [/QUOTE]
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