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<blockquote data-quote="hillsdown" data-source="post: 665845" data-attributes="member: 5106"><p>Once and a while you will get one that relapses it is not uncommon. You just have to hit them a little harder and longer than the recommended label dose. I would stick with Nuflor but if you want to try another med Draxxin is good as well as Exceed, but you need to know if it is in fact pneumonia that is why I would stick with Nuflor as it is a brood spectrum antibiotic..</p><p>Careful with the banamine (as you probably know already) it would be a shame to get the little guy all better only to have him die a few weeks later from a perforated ulcer..</p><p></p><p>I don't think it is mycoplasma ( touch wood). I think your little guy would have had more problems thus far.</p><p></p><p>BTW I had a dairy bull calf a couple years ago that was chronic, I treated him per label 4 different times and he would always relapse finally I went way off label and if got it. ( ya ya I know always follow labels ) He has been healthy since and we will be eating him this fall.. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. Don't forget the probios too.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with him I hope what ever he has gets knocked out permanently I know It is very frustrating when they relapse. I guess he gets to keep his "boys" a while longer now until he is felling top notch again anyways. ;-) </p><p></p><p>Something to think of is if you decide to add more calves to your "herd" see if you can get one directly from a dairy near you. Then you can make sure he has adequate colostrum and you can even get them to give him collimune and calf guard as soon as they are born as well as iodining the navel and vitamins/selenium as well..You may have to pay a little more for them but it will be worth it in the end. When we dairied we had people fighting for contracts to get our bull calves because they knew that they were well cared for from day one be it a heifer or bull born they all got as much colostrum as they wanted for the first feeding and then at lest 4 pints for 3 more feedings. It makes for healthy calves and eventually a healthy herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillsdown, post: 665845, member: 5106"] Once and a while you will get one that relapses it is not uncommon. You just have to hit them a little harder and longer than the recommended label dose. I would stick with Nuflor but if you want to try another med Draxxin is good as well as Exceed, but you need to know if it is in fact pneumonia that is why I would stick with Nuflor as it is a brood spectrum antibiotic.. Careful with the banamine (as you probably know already) it would be a shame to get the little guy all better only to have him die a few weeks later from a perforated ulcer.. I don't think it is mycoplasma ( touch wood). I think your little guy would have had more problems thus far. BTW I had a dairy bull calf a couple years ago that was chronic, I treated him per label 4 different times and he would always relapse finally I went way off label and if got it. ( ya ya I know always follow labels ) He has been healthy since and we will be eating him this fall.. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. Don't forget the probios too. Good luck with him I hope what ever he has gets knocked out permanently I know It is very frustrating when they relapse. I guess he gets to keep his "boys" a while longer now until he is felling top notch again anyways. ;-) Something to think of is if you decide to add more calves to your "herd" see if you can get one directly from a dairy near you. Then you can make sure he has adequate colostrum and you can even get them to give him collimune and calf guard as soon as they are born as well as iodining the navel and vitamins/selenium as well..You may have to pay a little more for them but it will be worth it in the end. When we dairied we had people fighting for contracts to get our bull calves because they knew that they were well cared for from day one be it a heifer or bull born they all got as much colostrum as they wanted for the first feeding and then at lest 4 pints for 3 more feedings. It makes for healthy calves and eventually a healthy herd. [/QUOTE]
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