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<blockquote data-quote="Penkert4" data-source="post: 1055145" data-attributes="member: 21171"><p>Thanks everyone! Looks like we will lose the second calf - breathing is really shallow, can't/won't get up and stay up, etc. (That is the one we got at the same dairy as the first calf we lost.) </p><p>I will try to address your comments in order - </p><p></p><p>Chris: The first calf that died was under shade (kind of an open-sided barn), but we live in a small town in west Texas (not the city West, the direction) and it gets hot here (it's almost 6:30 and still in the 90s). It's dry, hasn't rained, and my dad used a hose the morning we got him to kinda wet the dirt down so it wouldn't be quite as dusty. I will tell him about the new milk replacer and see if we can find some. Tractor Supply is where we usually go, but there is also a local feedstore that we can look at. </p><p></p><p>Lucky: Well crud... That's quite a list, and I'm not sure what kind of antibiotics to look for to hopefully get kill some of that nastiness. Any suggestions? Our vet is on vacation and won't be back until Monday, and I'm not sure that he would be able to test a scours sample anyway - kinda a backwoods type business, but he might, so I will check. </p><p></p><p>Rego: The second calf did go into the same pen as the first (the one that had died) but we had cleaned it out. Hadn't thought of it being some kind of sickness, just thought it hadn't had colostrum, since we only talked to the teenage son and a non-English speaking hand when we bought him. The third calf, from the other diary, is in a pen a good distance away from the other, with no supplies or anything getting crossed between the two. </p><p></p><p>I asked my dad, and he said that the cows all get their shots at the dairy, but other than that, we don't know much. Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penkert4, post: 1055145, member: 21171"] Thanks everyone! Looks like we will lose the second calf - breathing is really shallow, can't/won't get up and stay up, etc. (That is the one we got at the same dairy as the first calf we lost.) I will try to address your comments in order - Chris: The first calf that died was under shade (kind of an open-sided barn), but we live in a small town in west Texas (not the city West, the direction) and it gets hot here (it's almost 6:30 and still in the 90s). It's dry, hasn't rained, and my dad used a hose the morning we got him to kinda wet the dirt down so it wouldn't be quite as dusty. I will tell him about the new milk replacer and see if we can find some. Tractor Supply is where we usually go, but there is also a local feedstore that we can look at. Lucky: Well crud... That's quite a list, and I'm not sure what kind of antibiotics to look for to hopefully get kill some of that nastiness. Any suggestions? Our vet is on vacation and won't be back until Monday, and I'm not sure that he would be able to test a scours sample anyway - kinda a backwoods type business, but he might, so I will check. Rego: The second calf did go into the same pen as the first (the one that had died) but we had cleaned it out. Hadn't thought of it being some kind of sickness, just thought it hadn't had colostrum, since we only talked to the teenage son and a non-English speaking hand when we bought him. The third calf, from the other diary, is in a pen a good distance away from the other, with no supplies or anything getting crossed between the two. I asked my dad, and he said that the cows all get their shots at the dairy, but other than that, we don't know much. Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it! [/QUOTE]
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