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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 363669" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I would not be the least concerned about a cow going without "her salt" for a few days.</p><p>The fact that she licked the calf for 1 hour wasn't because she was STILL getting salt. She was enjoying it! Good sign.</p><p>Anything put on the calf to make her lick it is great. Hadn't thought about salt. Was a good idea.</p><p>Now, the only thing I see that is a potential problem - is disease brought in by this new calf. Just remember, that even tho this calf came from a good healthy farm & the calf is healthy, doesn't mean it isn't a potential problem. This calf has "bugs" that are not NORMAL for your herd. The grafted calf was born with immunities for the bugs that were on the other farm. Your next newborn calf (or calves already born) do NOT have an immunity for the "foreign" bugs on this grafted calf. Just be careful not to expose newborns to this calf for a while. It won't be the grafted calf that will get sick, it'll be YOUR calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 363669, member: 968"] I would not be the least concerned about a cow going without "her salt" for a few days. The fact that she licked the calf for 1 hour wasn't because she was STILL getting salt. She was enjoying it! Good sign. Anything put on the calf to make her lick it is great. Hadn't thought about salt. Was a good idea. Now, the only thing I see that is a potential problem - is disease brought in by this new calf. Just remember, that even tho this calf came from a good healthy farm & the calf is healthy, doesn't mean it isn't a potential problem. This calf has "bugs" that are not NORMAL for your herd. The grafted calf was born with immunities for the bugs that were on the other farm. Your next newborn calf (or calves already born) do NOT have an immunity for the "foreign" bugs on this grafted calf. Just be careful not to expose newborns to this calf for a while. It won't be the grafted calf that will get sick, it'll be YOUR calves. [/QUOTE]
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