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Holstein calf w/runny nose
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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1270130" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>You may have taken my reply wr4ong, but in most cases something as simple as the snots will clear up withou intervention. If he was acting lethargic the suggestion would have been different. With the symptoms as stated, if you would have called/talked to a vet, he/she would have basicly told you the same, just would have used different words. Or maybe suggested antibiotics which I'm not a fan of unless their is actually something to treat. Some vets (and a lot of non-vets) give antibiotics jsut to make you feel like you're doing something. Even though they wouldn;t have accomplished anything other then costing money and giving you a warm fuzzy feeling. It's like parents tyhat want there kids to have antibiotics for everything that helps. I prefer using antibiotics as sparingly as possible so that when they are needed they have a better chance of taking care of the problem. When antibiotics are called for, I believe it hitting it as hard as possiblee and following up with more if needed. Other then minor cases I don;t think that the feedstore bought drugs are worth much. If it needs treating get the good stuff from the vet. I hear complaints about the stuff from the vet is too expensive. If it's actaully penciled out, frequently the espensive stuff is chepaer in the long run (less re-treating) and it's far less stressfull for the animal. Stressing something beyond what is absolutley necessarry I feel is in many cases more detrimental then what is being treated.</p><p>Just an old mans ways and thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1270130, member: 34"] You may have taken my reply wr4ong, but in most cases something as simple as the snots will clear up withou intervention. If he was acting lethargic the suggestion would have been different. With the symptoms as stated, if you would have called/talked to a vet, he/she would have basicly told you the same, just would have used different words. Or maybe suggested antibiotics which I'm not a fan of unless their is actually something to treat. Some vets (and a lot of non-vets) give antibiotics jsut to make you feel like you're doing something. Even though they wouldn;t have accomplished anything other then costing money and giving you a warm fuzzy feeling. It's like parents tyhat want there kids to have antibiotics for everything that helps. I prefer using antibiotics as sparingly as possible so that when they are needed they have a better chance of taking care of the problem. When antibiotics are called for, I believe it hitting it as hard as possiblee and following up with more if needed. Other then minor cases I don;t think that the feedstore bought drugs are worth much. If it needs treating get the good stuff from the vet. I hear complaints about the stuff from the vet is too expensive. If it's actaully penciled out, frequently the espensive stuff is chepaer in the long run (less re-treating) and it's far less stressfull for the animal. Stressing something beyond what is absolutley necessarry I feel is in many cases more detrimental then what is being treated. Just an old mans ways and thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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