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<blockquote data-quote="cowvet" data-source="post: 353689" data-attributes="member: 5975"><p>Could be any number of things but two things come to mind...</p><p>1) poor colostrum intake, poor start and possibly chronic malnutrition or a liver abscess. The chronic liver abscesses and "poor doers" are not uncommon in calves that have missed that vital colostrum in the first 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>2) BVD - a persistently infected calf (PI) is a classic "poor doer". If its mother was also a BVD PI then she is usually in the bottom 10% of the herd so naturally a poor mother....</p><p></p><p>I would rule out persistent BVD before deciding whether the calf is worth any effort. If it is "persistently infected" BVD then it is not worth the trouble/effort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowvet, post: 353689, member: 5975"] Could be any number of things but two things come to mind... 1) poor colostrum intake, poor start and possibly chronic malnutrition or a liver abscess. The chronic liver abscesses and "poor doers" are not uncommon in calves that have missed that vital colostrum in the first 24 hours. 2) BVD - a persistently infected calf (PI) is a classic "poor doer". If its mother was also a BVD PI then she is usually in the bottom 10% of the herd so naturally a poor mother.... I would rule out persistent BVD before deciding whether the calf is worth any effort. If it is "persistently infected" BVD then it is not worth the trouble/effort. [/QUOTE]
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