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<blockquote data-quote="jmbadavis" data-source="post: 231672" data-attributes="member: 3061"><p>At this point I am wondering what I could of done differently because the damage has been done. We had a heifer calf on April 6th. She was born during the night. It was cold and raining night. So we got mom and baby into a dry shed as soon as we could so baby could dry off. It was the next week and we started to notice the calf was breathing heavy. So we started her on nuflor. The vet was out April 15th. He took a look at her, said there was fluid on her lungs and continue with the nuflor. Actually I think we may have given her a couple shots of baxtril before going back on the nuflor. Her temp would run anywhere from normal to 104.4. Had another vet, same office, come out on May 17th. He took a look at her, said there was damage to her lungs and gave her a shot of draxxin. So we have been on a weekly dosage of draxxin since then. I called a different vet, different office, to get a second opinion. Now realizing that I am already caused the damage to her. This second opinion vet did give me some different suggestions that should have been done. I mad at myself for not pursuing this further. This is our first beef calf we have ever had. He said that the heat will probably get to her this summer. This was a cow/calf pair my son wanted to show at the county fairs. Not sure if she will be able to take the heat at the fair. I will continue with the antibiotics. I hate to just give up on her. This is just so frustrating. We have used this vet for almost 20 years. I realize he is only human and can make mistakes but still is maddening. We have another calf that is close to the same age at the sick one. I compare their activity levels and seem pretty close. Weight wise she is gaining good weight. I think what I am going to do is have the vet out that I got the second opinion from just to know for sure what we are dealing with. Even with damage to the lungs, we should be able to get rid of the bacteria that is causing the fever????</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmbadavis, post: 231672, member: 3061"] At this point I am wondering what I could of done differently because the damage has been done. We had a heifer calf on April 6th. She was born during the night. It was cold and raining night. So we got mom and baby into a dry shed as soon as we could so baby could dry off. It was the next week and we started to notice the calf was breathing heavy. So we started her on nuflor. The vet was out April 15th. He took a look at her, said there was fluid on her lungs and continue with the nuflor. Actually I think we may have given her a couple shots of baxtril before going back on the nuflor. Her temp would run anywhere from normal to 104.4. Had another vet, same office, come out on May 17th. He took a look at her, said there was damage to her lungs and gave her a shot of draxxin. So we have been on a weekly dosage of draxxin since then. I called a different vet, different office, to get a second opinion. Now realizing that I am already caused the damage to her. This second opinion vet did give me some different suggestions that should have been done. I mad at myself for not pursuing this further. This is our first beef calf we have ever had. He said that the heat will probably get to her this summer. This was a cow/calf pair my son wanted to show at the county fairs. Not sure if she will be able to take the heat at the fair. I will continue with the antibiotics. I hate to just give up on her. This is just so frustrating. We have used this vet for almost 20 years. I realize he is only human and can make mistakes but still is maddening. We have another calf that is close to the same age at the sick one. I compare their activity levels and seem pretty close. Weight wise she is gaining good weight. I think what I am going to do is have the vet out that I got the second opinion from just to know for sure what we are dealing with. Even with damage to the lungs, we should be able to get rid of the bacteria that is causing the fever???? [/QUOTE]
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