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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 735616" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I've never seen what is described as 'dummy calf' either - and yet this year I'm in a known selenium deficient area and last year when I bought Herefordx calves from a neighbour I found that they were treating all their calves with selenium.</p><p>Maybe it's just luck.</p><p></p><p>The one farm where I was regularly tubing calves was about fourteen years ago - I learned that any calf left longer than six hours that hadn't suckled had lost the suckling instinct and needed tubed - and from there it was often a three or four day struggle to get it to drink milk without tubing.</p><p>I've rarely used the tube since - only in severe scours, everything else sucks as soon as it's hungry enough. But I've got less patience the older I get and will sometimes tube one that refuses. Maybe two or three calves last calving, just too busy and impatient to spend the time with them, too worried to let them get hungry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 735616, member: 9267"] I've never seen what is described as 'dummy calf' either - and yet this year I'm in a known selenium deficient area and last year when I bought Herefordx calves from a neighbour I found that they were treating all their calves with selenium. Maybe it's just luck. The one farm where I was regularly tubing calves was about fourteen years ago - I learned that any calf left longer than six hours that hadn't suckled had lost the suckling instinct and needed tubed - and from there it was often a three or four day struggle to get it to drink milk without tubing. I've rarely used the tube since - only in severe scours, everything else sucks as soon as it's hungry enough. But I've got less patience the older I get and will sometimes tube one that refuses. Maybe two or three calves last calving, just too busy and impatient to spend the time with them, too worried to let them get hungry. [/QUOTE]
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