HAD AROUND 7 CALVES W/ EAR INFECTIONSON THIS HERD. TREATED W MICOTIL,LS-50,B12 . SOME CALVES RESPONDED WELL ,OTHERS AFTER TIME JUST GOT BETTER ON OWN. HAVE ONE CALF THAT HAS NEVER HEALED UP. ONE EAR DROOPES AND HEAD TILTED A LITTLE. LOOKS GOOD OTHER THAN THAT. hillside
EAR INFECTION?
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See that regularly-- don't think its an infection (no fever 
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They get over it on their own/but I'll pull them reg to take a temp cause they look depressed and I am afraid I may not be seeing if they actually are getting sick on top of it.
Wonder if its not fluid buildup from a cold that has to reabsorb over time????
) They get over it on their own/but I'll pull them reg to take a temp cause they look depressed and I am afraid I may not be seeing if they actually are getting sick on top of it.
Wonder if its not fluid buildup from a cold that has to reabsorb over time????
Texas PaPaw
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Ear problems can also be caused by Mycoplasma Bovis. It can also settle in joints or lungs. Tough critter. M. Bovis does not respond to many antibiotics including Mycotil. I understand that it will only respond to Nuflor or Baytril. Seems like these 2 antibiotics work on some calves & not on others.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Good luck & happy trails
Brock
Just my 2 cents worth.
Good luck & happy trails
Brock
Went and checked out Mycoplasma Bovis--- Thanks didn't know about it and ears.
Luckily from what I read I don't think thats what my calves have--
it seems to be in mostly young calves as a sideline to mastitis issues .
And it Sounds like you might as well bury them
I have seen one calf that had the joint Mycoplasma Bovis--only I didn't know what it was at the time---I recognised it as I was reading. But it(holstien) came in with a lump on its joint.--that deteriorated fast.
No wonder I couldn't get it to heal up
Luckily from what I read I don't think thats what my calves have--
it seems to be in mostly young calves as a sideline to mastitis issues .
And it Sounds like you might as well bury them
I have seen one calf that had the joint Mycoplasma Bovis--only I didn't know what it was at the time---I recognised it as I was reading. But it(holstien) came in with a lump on its joint.--that deteriorated fast.
No wonder I couldn't get it to heal up
