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Help! - My Calf Died
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 719302" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>koeppel,</p><p>Yes, if the vet or their techs did the fecal exam 'in-house' they should have had those results available that day, or the next, at the latest. If they sent it out to the state diagnostic lab, those results should be available within 24 hours(or less) of them receiving the sample; culture and antimicrobial sensitivity results would take 3-5 days to be completed.</p><p>If it is coccidiosis, you probably need to treat all the calves in this group - overall, the biggest economic impact from coccidiosis is NOT in the calves that die or develop clinical disease, but in the decreased performance in the calves that are infected, but don't have sufficient intestinal damage to show signs of scours. Even though they're not noticeably sick, there's enough damage done to the intestinal mucosa that they just don't grow/perform up to their genetic potential.</p><p>BVD is still a distinct possibility, and if you have other calves that become sick, you should have your vet collect appropriate samples for diagnosis(blood sample, ear notch, etc.).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 719302, member: 12607"] koeppel, Yes, if the vet or their techs did the fecal exam 'in-house' they should have had those results available that day, or the next, at the latest. If they sent it out to the state diagnostic lab, those results should be available within 24 hours(or less) of them receiving the sample; culture and antimicrobial sensitivity results would take 3-5 days to be completed. If it is coccidiosis, you probably need to treat all the calves in this group - overall, the biggest economic impact from coccidiosis is NOT in the calves that die or develop clinical disease, but in the decreased performance in the calves that are infected, but don't have sufficient intestinal damage to show signs of scours. Even though they're not noticeably sick, there's enough damage done to the intestinal mucosa that they just don't grow/perform up to their genetic potential. BVD is still a distinct possibility, and if you have other calves that become sick, you should have your vet collect appropriate samples for diagnosis(blood sample, ear notch, etc.). [/QUOTE]
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