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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 445359" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>A tip our vet gave us is on the teeth. The calf's teeth start to emerge about threee weeks prior to birth. So depending on the length of the teeth could tell how premie it is. Fully exposed close to term. So so exposed any where up to three weeks early.</p><p>We had a problem simillar to this during this calving season. Really weak and not premie. We did everything we could. It got better then went down hill after it got out side of the barn. Outside it ran and played. Next thing it was worse off. Rushed to the vet to find out it had a heart defect, hole in the heart. </p><p>So here we were, spent a fair amount of dollars trying to get it healthy and wow there was nothing we could do.</p><p>I'm not saying this is your problem, but what i am saying is if it does not show improvement after a few days, get a vet involved before you spend much time and money on what could be a no win situation.</p><p>Some questions here...</p><p>Were the mothers ML pre breeding vaccinated? If not you could be looking at an unthrifty calf due to disease of a PI mother....just a thought...</p><p>has the mother been wormed....could have taken a toll on her during gestation if not...</p><p>Mineral ingestion by the mother...adequate...could be a mineral defficiency during gestation...</p><p>feed quality...are you in a drought and the feed was low on protien?...</p><p>again these are jsut thoughts...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 445359, member: 6198"] A tip our vet gave us is on the teeth. The calf's teeth start to emerge about threee weeks prior to birth. So depending on the length of the teeth could tell how premie it is. Fully exposed close to term. So so exposed any where up to three weeks early. We had a problem simillar to this during this calving season. Really weak and not premie. We did everything we could. It got better then went down hill after it got out side of the barn. Outside it ran and played. Next thing it was worse off. Rushed to the vet to find out it had a heart defect, hole in the heart. So here we were, spent a fair amount of dollars trying to get it healthy and wow there was nothing we could do. I'm not saying this is your problem, but what i am saying is if it does not show improvement after a few days, get a vet involved before you spend much time and money on what could be a no win situation. Some questions here... Were the mothers ML pre breeding vaccinated? If not you could be looking at an unthrifty calf due to disease of a PI mother....just a thought... has the mother been wormed....could have taken a toll on her during gestation if not... Mineral ingestion by the mother...adequate...could be a mineral defficiency during gestation... feed quality...are you in a drought and the feed was low on protien?... again these are jsut thoughts... [/QUOTE]
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