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We lost a 5 day old calf this morning.
He was up and moving around really well yesterday. This morning he was completely flat out.
Was born on the first, we banded, tagged, de-horned and gave him a shot of Alpha-7 within 12 hours of birth. Cow had Scour Bos 9 before calving.
Took him in to the vet. They tried to get an IV in him, but couldn't. His temp was 92 degrees, so we know he was really cold.
Had a post done on him we really wanted to know what killed him.
Vet told us that there was no milk clot in him to indicate that he had nursed in the last 12 hours. No fat was on his kidney. Vet said he starved to death. He was not stepped on or showed any sign of trauma.
Calf had passed some stool before we took him in about the size of a silver dollar, there was a little diarrhea and what looked like small lumps in it.
Vet told us that the cow had mastitis; he never saw her; and that is what caused the calf death.
When we got home I checked her bag. It was not overly warm, or hard and the milk was clear.
No idea what killed this calf.
He was up and moving around really well yesterday. This morning he was completely flat out.
Was born on the first, we banded, tagged, de-horned and gave him a shot of Alpha-7 within 12 hours of birth. Cow had Scour Bos 9 before calving.
Took him in to the vet. They tried to get an IV in him, but couldn't. His temp was 92 degrees, so we know he was really cold.
Had a post done on him we really wanted to know what killed him.
Vet told us that there was no milk clot in him to indicate that he had nursed in the last 12 hours. No fat was on his kidney. Vet said he starved to death. He was not stepped on or showed any sign of trauma.
Calf had passed some stool before we took him in about the size of a silver dollar, there was a little diarrhea and what looked like small lumps in it.
Vet told us that the cow had mastitis; he never saw her; and that is what caused the calf death.
When we got home I checked her bag. It was not overly warm, or hard and the milk was clear.
No idea what killed this calf.