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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 1014120" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>I would get with my vet. Also I would get some P G (polyethylene glycol ?sp???) on hand. YOu can get a gallon of it from TSC or most feed stores. Feed that heifer CARBS. Do not go for high protein. She needs CORN, OATS and BARLEY. Any of those that you can find. Pour molasses on it if she does not like it. Keep her eating. Keep PLENTY of good green grass or high quality grass hay in front of her. Grass is CARBS. Milk production needs carbs. The cow does not have a store of glucose in her liver the way people do. This is why she goes into ketosis. Her milk production is maxing out for the next 2 or 3 months. You will need to go to Wal Mart and buy some ketone strips in the pharmacy. These are in the diabetic section. About $7 for a bottle of 25 or so. If you can tickle her under the vulva she will tinkle for you on the strip. You can keep track of her level of ketosis with the strips. Test every day and if she tests positive you are going to need to help her out with the P G. You would need to give her around 250 cc P G twice a day and then taper it down over 2 or 3 weeks time. Treating ketosis once does not mean you are out of the woods. It can come back again and you have to watch her ketone strips to keep up with treatment. If she stops eating then you will need to give her IV dextrose. A vet can do it or you can also buy that at TSC. If any of this is too overwhelming then get the vet. Dairy heifers, especially jerseys, and high volume producers are prone to ketosis. The carbs are a big part of the cure. Sometimes it just happens for no particular reason.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to write you a book but I h ave been there and done that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 1014120, member: 14261"] I would get with my vet. Also I would get some P G (polyethylene glycol ?sp???) on hand. YOu can get a gallon of it from TSC or most feed stores. Feed that heifer CARBS. Do not go for high protein. She needs CORN, OATS and BARLEY. Any of those that you can find. Pour molasses on it if she does not like it. Keep her eating. Keep PLENTY of good green grass or high quality grass hay in front of her. Grass is CARBS. Milk production needs carbs. The cow does not have a store of glucose in her liver the way people do. This is why she goes into ketosis. Her milk production is maxing out for the next 2 or 3 months. You will need to go to Wal Mart and buy some ketone strips in the pharmacy. These are in the diabetic section. About $7 for a bottle of 25 or so. If you can tickle her under the vulva she will tinkle for you on the strip. You can keep track of her level of ketosis with the strips. Test every day and if she tests positive you are going to need to help her out with the P G. You would need to give her around 250 cc P G twice a day and then taper it down over 2 or 3 weeks time. Treating ketosis once does not mean you are out of the woods. It can come back again and you have to watch her ketone strips to keep up with treatment. If she stops eating then you will need to give her IV dextrose. A vet can do it or you can also buy that at TSC. If any of this is too overwhelming then get the vet. Dairy heifers, especially jerseys, and high volume producers are prone to ketosis. The carbs are a big part of the cure. Sometimes it just happens for no particular reason. Sorry to write you a book but I h ave been there and done that! [/QUOTE]
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