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<blockquote data-quote="simangus23" data-source="post: 495557" data-attributes="member: 7772"><p>The cow down question sounds to me like a Calcium deficiency. Cows will go down due to a lack of Calcium. There are two limiting factors to Ca uptake and these are 1) A high level of Phosphorus (P) and a low level of Vitamin D3. To get a downed cow up you can give her calcium intravaneously or under the skin or both. If you are worried about findig an appropriate vein just put it under the skin (1 litre) in at least 3 different places like the neck region and the rib region. She will be up in 24 hours. Ca needs increase prior to calving and through peak milk production (e.g. 2 months post-calving). By feeding a high Ca beef cattle mineral this can be avoided. Make sure the Ca<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ratio does not give you too much P< because P is a limiting factor to Ca uptake. The best mineral I know of has a 16:1 (Ca<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) ratio. </p><p></p><p>The calf dying at one month of age sounds to me like BVD. </p><p></p><p>Simangus23</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simangus23, post: 495557, member: 7772"] The cow down question sounds to me like a Calcium deficiency. Cows will go down due to a lack of Calcium. There are two limiting factors to Ca uptake and these are 1) A high level of Phosphorus (P) and a low level of Vitamin D3. To get a downed cow up you can give her calcium intravaneously or under the skin or both. If you are worried about findig an appropriate vein just put it under the skin (1 litre) in at least 3 different places like the neck region and the rib region. She will be up in 24 hours. Ca needs increase prior to calving and through peak milk production (e.g. 2 months post-calving). By feeding a high Ca beef cattle mineral this can be avoided. Make sure the Ca:P ratio does not give you too much P< because P is a limiting factor to Ca uptake. The best mineral I know of has a 16:1 (Ca:P) ratio. The calf dying at one month of age sounds to me like BVD. Simangus23 [/QUOTE]
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