larryshoat":3ekjn1ub said:
Good advice from all that have posted.Alice is right about the dehydration .This calf has probably lost somewhere between 6-8% of its body weight from scours.That would equal about 1 gallon of water.You need that much just to catch up.I would give her a quart of clear warm water every hour for 4 hours between milk feedings daytime, then 2 quarts water before you go to bed.The 102.8 is a close call. I would think in this case it would be on the upper end of normal. I think what rockridge was talking about is what we call in the U.S. sulfa-trim.I would add to that baytril and dexamethasone.
Larry
Larry, I'm gonna have to disagree with ya' about the amount of water to give the calf. That seems like an awful lot all at once. And, I think it's necessary for the water to contain electrolytes because the calf is suffering not only from dehydration but electrolyte imbalance as well.
Were it me, aside from giving the calf something for the scours...and deciding what to give is a crap shoot (pardon the pun) at best...I would alternate feedings every 3 or 4 hours of electrolytes and milk replacer. Example: 2 pints of milk replacer...in 3 hours 2 pints of electrolytes...that's after the initial 4 pints of electrolytes to get the calf going again.
We've pretty much decided that overfeeding liquid can cause problems with the calf's ability to digest that amount...especially if it is a small calf. Not everyone will agree, but we've had really good luck feeding in mixing the milk replacer with less water...as much as 2 pints less water. I read that somewhere once when I was at my wits end with scours...the first time I read it was on a Canadian extension service website. I've begun to read this more and more on other calf health websites.
Also, fainting ridge...Probios, Probios, Probios...give that baby Probios! And, realize, too, that not all baby calves make it no matter our very best efforts.
Alice