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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9203"><p>> William,</p><p></p><p>> My problem is a little more</p><p>> serious, but maybe this could be</p><p>> the answer. We have a Holstein</p><p>> calf, that's approx. 8 wks old,</p><p>> when we received him he had</p><p>> shipping fever, we've been</p><p>> doctoring him with antibiotics</p><p>> since he was one week old. He</p><p>> seems to get better then we're</p><p>> back to square one. The vet said</p><p>> to give him 3 bottles a day, that</p><p>> worked for about a week, then he</p><p>> just refused to eat. I've had to</p><p>> almost force 2 bottles down him.</p><p>> Now he won't eat any grain, and</p><p>> very little hay. He looks like</p><p>> he's dying from malnutrition. He's</p><p>> had this congestion from day one,</p><p>> I can't seem to get this resolved</p><p>> either. He isn't scouring, that's</p><p>> under control. I just need to get</p><p>> some weight on him. Any other</p><p>> suggestions would be very helpful.</p><p>> Thanks Jackie</p><p></p><p>Jackie,</p><p></p><p>We lost calves several times in the past even after trying to force feed them. I hadn't heard of drenching with epsom salts so we didn't try that with them. I don't know if it would have helped or not, but based on the response I got from the cow, I'll try it if the problem ever comes up again. It's the strangest thing I ever saw. We had a calf that wasn't doing well on the bottle and our vet recommended that we add liquid vitamins (the kind given to dogs) to the milk replacer. I hope you have good luck. Let me know how it comes out.</p><p></p><p>Several years ago we were having calves die every few days. We contacted one of the two available "large animal" vets in our area and he recommended LA200 at a higher than label dosage. We followed his instructions and all our patients died. We then went to another vet and he recommended penicillin again at a higher than label dosage. Again, all our patients died. When another one started to have symptoms, we didn't have enough left to follow his dosage. We figured that she would die anyhow so we just gave her what penicillin we had left. She's the only one that lived. After that experience, I only followed the label directions. All others lived.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, William</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:williamparris2000@yahoo.com">williamparris2000@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9203"] > William, > My problem is a little more > serious, but maybe this could be > the answer. We have a Holstein > calf, that's approx. 8 wks old, > when we received him he had > shipping fever, we've been > doctoring him with antibiotics > since he was one week old. He > seems to get better then we're > back to square one. The vet said > to give him 3 bottles a day, that > worked for about a week, then he > just refused to eat. I've had to > almost force 2 bottles down him. > Now he won't eat any grain, and > very little hay. He looks like > he's dying from malnutrition. He's > had this congestion from day one, > I can't seem to get this resolved > either. He isn't scouring, that's > under control. I just need to get > some weight on him. Any other > suggestions would be very helpful. > Thanks Jackie Jackie, We lost calves several times in the past even after trying to force feed them. I hadn't heard of drenching with epsom salts so we didn't try that with them. I don't know if it would have helped or not, but based on the response I got from the cow, I'll try it if the problem ever comes up again. It's the strangest thing I ever saw. We had a calf that wasn't doing well on the bottle and our vet recommended that we add liquid vitamins (the kind given to dogs) to the milk replacer. I hope you have good luck. Let me know how it comes out. Several years ago we were having calves die every few days. We contacted one of the two available "large animal" vets in our area and he recommended LA200 at a higher than label dosage. We followed his instructions and all our patients died. We then went to another vet and he recommended penicillin again at a higher than label dosage. Again, all our patients died. When another one started to have symptoms, we didn't have enough left to follow his dosage. We figured that she would die anyhow so we just gave her what penicillin we had left. She's the only one that lived. After that experience, I only followed the label directions. All others lived. Good luck, William [email=williamparris2000@yahoo.com]williamparris2000@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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