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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Randall" data-source="post: 1775078" data-attributes="member: 38590"><p>1. The single most important thing you can do is keep your cow in moderate body condition. Fat cows are extremely susceptible to milk fever, and they have a harder time getting up when it happens.</p><p></p><p>2. If you have a reasonably accurate idea of when she's due to calve and can feed her separately, feed Soychlor or X-Zelit for the 2-3 weeks before she freshens. They work in different ways, but both are quite effective.</p><p></p><p>3. Supplement calcium AFTER she freshens. I don't recommend liquid drenches. Cows hate them, they can burn the cow's throat, and they don't have any lasting impact on her calcium levels. Slow release boluses like Bovikalc are much better. They do require a special balling gun, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Randall, post: 1775078, member: 38590"] 1. The single most important thing you can do is keep your cow in moderate body condition. Fat cows are extremely susceptible to milk fever, and they have a harder time getting up when it happens. 2. If you have a reasonably accurate idea of when she's due to calve and can feed her separately, feed Soychlor or X-Zelit for the 2-3 weeks before she freshens. They work in different ways, but both are quite effective. 3. Supplement calcium AFTER she freshens. I don't recommend liquid drenches. Cows hate them, they can burn the cow's throat, and they don't have any lasting impact on her calcium levels. Slow release boluses like Bovikalc are much better. They do require a special balling gun, though. [/QUOTE]
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