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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1624739" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>e. coli mastitis can do that apparently.</p><p>I've only had it happen once, and I took the calf straight off the cow and hand-reared it (he's with my herd bulls now about 18 months old). It was much later that I read mastitis can make the calf sick... and I knew it was e. coli mastitis, we have a problem with it in this herd and she'd had it the previous lactation and never dried down properly.</p><p></p><p>So it may be your cow, it may just be bad luck, but given the information that the cow has mastitis I'd suggest it's not unlikely she had an infection last year also and the bacteria causing the infection also sickened the calves.</p><p></p><p>Grower feed is fine for older animals, just check the label - you can post the label here and ask for advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1624739, member: 9267"] e. coli mastitis can do that apparently. I've only had it happen once, and I took the calf straight off the cow and hand-reared it (he's with my herd bulls now about 18 months old). It was much later that I read mastitis can make the calf sick... and I knew it was e. coli mastitis, we have a problem with it in this herd and she'd had it the previous lactation and never dried down properly. So it may be your cow, it may just be bad luck, but given the information that the cow has mastitis I'd suggest it's not unlikely she had an infection last year also and the bacteria causing the infection also sickened the calves. Grower feed is fine for older animals, just check the label - you can post the label here and ask for advice. [/QUOTE]
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