angiefettig
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I posted last month under "white muscle disease" about a 4 month old calf that I thought had WMD. After 6 days and lots of research we bought BoSe but it was too late. We did give our other four young calves a shot as prevention because two of them seemed iffy. They started grazing again and they seemed healthy until two days ago. We found another calf (the twin of the one who died) down with the exact same symptoms as the first. We immediately gave her a shot of BoSe and she was up and grazing within 24 hours (we assumed the shot I gave her the first time didn't go in correctly cuz it was the first I'd ever done and some squirted out). Here's where it gets weird. Down Saturday, up Sunday, really down Monday. I found her laying completely on her side today, breathing and blinking but otherwise not moving. She appeared to be bloated and I heard some rumblings in her tummy. Her breathing seemed shallow and labored. I've been researching a bit again about other problems it might be (acidosis, listeriosis) but we don't know what to do. We almost shot her tonight but want to know if there's any hope. Here are some of her symptoms as of the past month: really watery, green/blackish diarrhea (no worms visible), then as of last couple weeks horse-apple-type poop; reluctance to get up but will if prodded; couldn't stand up though she tried, but good appetite (WMD?). She was out to pasture but about a month ago was brought in to barnyard and given grain (with trace selenium) because we were scared of WMD. I don't know how much she was able to graze and we just gave them hay a little over a week ago (acidosis). I'm confused (new at this with tiny "operation") and sad for her suffering. Any suggestions? Sorry I was so long winded.
Angie
Angie