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Lost my first calf
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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 925119" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>This is a total guess but what came to mind was that maybe the calf had a problem with his rumen. You said that the other calves started to outperform him, the vet said he was malnourished and his age at 5 months made me think of that. If the malnourishment came from lack of milk then the calf would have been doing more poorly when it was younger and improved with age as the rumen developed enough to eat grass/hay. On the other hand if it was a problem with his rumen he would have done better when young and progressively gotten worse as he got older and wanted to eat grass/hay. By 4 months the rumen is taking up about 75% of the stomach. If he did have a problem with his rumen - especially if it didn't flow properly and he felt full he wouldn't eat as much milk either and that would compound the problem. I could be way off base - just thinking out loud here...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 925119, member: 1258"] This is a total guess but what came to mind was that maybe the calf had a problem with his rumen. You said that the other calves started to outperform him, the vet said he was malnourished and his age at 5 months made me think of that. If the malnourishment came from lack of milk then the calf would have been doing more poorly when it was younger and improved with age as the rumen developed enough to eat grass/hay. On the other hand if it was a problem with his rumen he would have done better when young and progressively gotten worse as he got older and wanted to eat grass/hay. By 4 months the rumen is taking up about 75% of the stomach. If he did have a problem with his rumen - especially if it didn't flow properly and he felt full he wouldn't eat as much milk either and that would compound the problem. I could be way off base - just thinking out loud here... [/QUOTE]
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