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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1846601" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The last calf I would buy is a brown swiss calf because they get killed at the market as feeder steers. Around here there are a couple breeders with swiss dairy animals... and the calves do grow pretty good... but I have talked to buyers at the one yard that has alot of dairy animals go through... and the one guy told me that swiss take so long to finish because they put on frame long before they put on meat, that they get too big and the kill plants do not like them. I have eaten 2 and by the time they are filled out enough to eat, they were both tough also... they were raised on cows not milk replacer, and I kept them for beef since the market was so bad for them... </p><p>I like my jerseys and don't seem to have much trouble with scours but you CAN NOT over feed them for the first 2-3 weeks.... </p><p>There are A LOT of dairy herds that have the Rota and the Corona viruses... and the calves all seem to get sick in that 1-3 week period... also coccidiosis will seem to catch them around that time also... I am VERY PICKY about where the calves come from for that reason now. But as a preventative, when you get any calf, you need to treat as a preventative with corid for the cocci, and there is a paste that will help stop the rota and corona virus that you give at day one... can't remember the name as I haven't had to use it since I quit getting calves but a few trusted places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1846601, member: 25884"] The last calf I would buy is a brown swiss calf because they get killed at the market as feeder steers. Around here there are a couple breeders with swiss dairy animals... and the calves do grow pretty good... but I have talked to buyers at the one yard that has alot of dairy animals go through... and the one guy told me that swiss take so long to finish because they put on frame long before they put on meat, that they get too big and the kill plants do not like them. I have eaten 2 and by the time they are filled out enough to eat, they were both tough also... they were raised on cows not milk replacer, and I kept them for beef since the market was so bad for them... I like my jerseys and don't seem to have much trouble with scours but you CAN NOT over feed them for the first 2-3 weeks.... There are A LOT of dairy herds that have the Rota and the Corona viruses... and the calves all seem to get sick in that 1-3 week period... also coccidiosis will seem to catch them around that time also... I am VERY PICKY about where the calves come from for that reason now. But as a preventative, when you get any calf, you need to treat as a preventative with corid for the cocci, and there is a paste that will help stop the rota and corona virus that you give at day one... can't remember the name as I haven't had to use it since I quit getting calves but a few trusted places. [/QUOTE]
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