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colleen

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We have a bumble foot or a calf with contracted tendons in the front legs. She was born yesterday evening. Anyway, vet said to wait a few days and if not better he will give a shot of oxtetracycline(which is LA200). Meanwhile, we are massaging and straightening the legs to help stretch out those tendons. If it wasn't for this site, I wouldnt have had a clue what was wrong with this calf. I really appreciate all of y'all!! If time, exercises and shot dosnt help then we will turn to the splints as a last option. But hopefully, as I have read, he should improve. Also, the shot, you have to be really careful with that dosage I read because it can kill the calf. Just want to put that in there. I read that in some of these cases, the mother has too much calcium in her at time of birthing and this affects the calfs tendons....and the oxtetracycline does something to fix the problem. I cannot find the article again, but it was very interesting. That may not be this calfs problem, could just be overcrowding. So we are just gonna give it a few days to see what happens. It sure is cute. Black with a white face and black eye patches. Thank y'all for all the information that y'all put out here. If my dad was still alive, we would just ask him but unfortunately he is not, so I turn to this forum!! :o
Colleen
 
Only question I have is what is la200 going to do for contracted tendons. It's not an infection of any kind.
 
hooknline":1o1iud6l said:
Only question I have is what is la200 going to do for contracted tendons. It's not an infection of any kind.
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I agree. Possibly selenium but not la200
 
It's oxtetracycline. Look up la200. That's what it is. It is used for foals but works for calves too. There are articles on it. I knew it would be questioned but i did also read it on this forum written several years ago about contracted tendons. I don't know how to find and post it for you but maybe if you do a search on oxtetracycline it will come up.
 
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Kathie in Thorp":uq2aw2u7 said:
colleen":uq2aw2u7 said:
Selenium is only if they have a selenium deficiency.
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Right. That question was asked, but have not heard back on their soil conditions.
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There are some folks that maintane that bumblefoot is caused by selenium. For slow calves, in the past we would occasioanlly give BoSe and it did seem to help a bit. For bumblefoot I'vealways subscribed to the school of thought that leaving them alone wnad they would be normal in a month and a half, if you did anything like splints etc. it would only take 6 weeks.
 
Also, just because it is an antibiotic does not mean it can't be used for other purposes. Many drugs out there are used to treat something it wasn't initially intended for. I will look it up on the Internet and copy down the site. LOL
 
Heres a website that explains how it works. Equimed.com/drug-and-medications/reference/tetracycline. I just googled oxytetracycline and contracted tendons in foals and calves and many came up. Its very interesting and good to know! And dun....We are basically doing that first besides the stretching. It should fix on its own in time.
 
c_vet wrote:
13 years as a vet now. yesterday a 24 hours old black angus calf born to mature cow with front and back contracted tendons.
This is a foal remedy but also works great as a calf remedy too. 35cc of oxytetracycline IV slow to a 80lbs calf 45cc to a 100 lbs calf.
the calf was treated at 8:30 am and the rancher just told me that by noon he could stand on his own.
the theory is that oxytetracycline will bind to calcium in the bloodstream. it may produce greater elasticity in the tendons. if this is not how it works, who cares IT WORKS!!!
 
Thanks Kathie. My husband is out there right now stretching its legs. It really hasn't gotten up today except to eat.
Colleen
 
dun":jiml76ge said:
Kathie in Thorp":jiml76ge said:
colleen":jiml76ge said:
Selenium is only if they have a selenium deficiency.
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Right. That question was asked, but have not heard back on their soil conditions.
Click to expand...
There are some folks that maintane that bumblefoot is caused by selenium. For slow calves, in the past we would occasioanlly give BoSe and it did seem to help a bit. For bumblefoot I'vealways subscribed to the school of thought that leaving them alone wnad they would be normal in a month and a half, if you did anything like splints etc. it would only take 6 weeks.
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