Hey everybody. I have a 2 year old should be just-bred limflex heifer. She's in good condition, maybe a little fat. Anyways, I was out with the cows and noticed blood dripping from her rectum. Looked on the ground and also saw blood on a recent normal cow pie (definitely hers.) A few minutes later another spurt of blood/water came out.
Worried about salmonella, but a couple thoughts/facts...
1. We have had ridiculous amounts of rain this year. My hay isn't in great shape. Could mold cause this? I'm almost out of hay anyways and I've got a pasture that's almost ready. I could turn out early if I had to.
2. We had some lice so I hit everybody with cydectin and cylence on Monday. They hadn't been dewormed since August and that was with ivomec.
3. In with my new bull.
4. Fully vaccinated with tri10, vis 7, and lepto/vibro.
We are in upstate South Carolina and we've been getting ridiculous amounts of rain since summer. I've got the cows on hay in a sacrifice area in a stand of trees where there is no grass to keep from destroying pasture.
Everyone else looks pretty normal. Including two small calves in the group. I'm going to try to get her in the chute and get a temp after work.
Any ideas?
Worried about salmonella, but a couple thoughts/facts...
1. We have had ridiculous amounts of rain this year. My hay isn't in great shape. Could mold cause this? I'm almost out of hay anyways and I've got a pasture that's almost ready. I could turn out early if I had to.
2. We had some lice so I hit everybody with cydectin and cylence on Monday. They hadn't been dewormed since August and that was with ivomec.
3. In with my new bull.
4. Fully vaccinated with tri10, vis 7, and lepto/vibro.
We are in upstate South Carolina and we've been getting ridiculous amounts of rain since summer. I've got the cows on hay in a sacrifice area in a stand of trees where there is no grass to keep from destroying pasture.
Everyone else looks pretty normal. Including two small calves in the group. I'm going to try to get her in the chute and get a temp after work.
Any ideas?