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need help:bottle baby with swollen leg
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<blockquote data-quote="angie1" data-source="post: 539996" data-attributes="member: 3886"><p>I apologize ~ I did not aim the quoted portion of my response at you. </p><p></p><p>True that people lose the calf because they don't know crap about cattle ~ hence my recommendation that this person call the vet.</p><p></p><p>I agree that people pour antibiotics to these animals, which are many times unnecessary, creating (as you say), drug resistance ~ as has happened in penicillin. This is why I recommended that s/he take the temp FIRST ~ to determine if there is even an infection present (as indicated by elevated temp) before randomly treating with an antibiotic.</p><p></p><p>I disagree with the pain reliever statement, but it is ok to disagree respectfully. I take pain reliever if I have pain. This person mention that the calf was shivering and hunched. If these behaviors are a result of pain as opposed to infection ~ pain reliever should, in my opinion, be used. That is what its made for. Animals in pain fail to thrive/perform and it is an unnecessary cruelty (Again, my opinion).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angie1, post: 539996, member: 3886"] I apologize ~ I did not aim the quoted portion of my response at you. True that people lose the calf because they don't know crap about cattle ~ hence my recommendation that this person call the vet. I agree that people pour antibiotics to these animals, which are many times unnecessary, creating (as you say), drug resistance ~ as has happened in penicillin. This is why I recommended that s/he take the temp FIRST ~ to determine if there is even an infection present (as indicated by elevated temp) before randomly treating with an antibiotic. I disagree with the pain reliever statement, but it is ok to disagree respectfully. I take pain reliever if I have pain. This person mention that the calf was shivering and hunched. If these behaviors are a result of pain as opposed to infection ~ pain reliever should, in my opinion, be used. That is what its made for. Animals in pain fail to thrive/perform and it is an unnecessary cruelty (Again, my opinion). [/QUOTE]
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