cow loosing weight, boney

[lostkat7]

we have one 4 year old cow in our herd who looked a little tough over the summer, never really bad, but not gaining as the other herdmates were. As we are heading into cold weather she is getting boney, ribs showing, back and hip bones pretty prominent. She eats cake with the rest and seems to be grazing fine. We poured Ivomec in November on the whole herd as we did have a cow with a case of bottle jaw back in Sept or Oct. What could be the problem and any recommendations for this cows health :?:

 

[dun]

First hing I'ld do is check her teeth, then have avet do some bloodtests for various "wasting" types of diseases.

dun

 

[certherfbeef]

Does she stand humped up like she may have hardware?

 

[lostkat7]

cow does not stand humped up, but does show signs of loose bowels. dirty tail.

 

[TheBullLady]

You might want to search to previous post for "Johnes".. it's been a pretty popular subject lately

 

[mhill]

Mosy likely Johnes