In our climate we typically don't get alot of pneumonia problems so I'm no expert and I doubt the typical vet here is either.
I have a month old calf that had very rough noisy breathing and coughing after a recently cold and wet spell. At the time the calf wasn't suckling, but was still eating grass. I have given Advocin (equivalent to your Baytril) for 5 days on the vet's recommendation. The calf started nursing again after one treatment and is very lively and always have been even when not nursing. The vet didn't want me to give any anti inflammatory because he felt that he didn't want to do anything that supresses the calf's immune response, but on the advice of a good friend on CT I have given a single dose of Predef (steroidal anti inflammatory) and the breathing improved dramatically.
Now that the course of antibiotics are done the calf acts 100% normal except that the breathing is still noisy although not really laboured. The vet thinks the 5 days of Advocin would be sufficient and that the calf's immune system would do the rest, but I am not convinced. Any suggestions or experiences from those of you in the cold climate that I am sure deal with more pneumonia a year than we see in 20 years?
I have a month old calf that had very rough noisy breathing and coughing after a recently cold and wet spell. At the time the calf wasn't suckling, but was still eating grass. I have given Advocin (equivalent to your Baytril) for 5 days on the vet's recommendation. The calf started nursing again after one treatment and is very lively and always have been even when not nursing. The vet didn't want me to give any anti inflammatory because he felt that he didn't want to do anything that supresses the calf's immune response, but on the advice of a good friend on CT I have given a single dose of Predef (steroidal anti inflammatory) and the breathing improved dramatically.
Now that the course of antibiotics are done the calf acts 100% normal except that the breathing is still noisy although not really laboured. The vet thinks the 5 days of Advocin would be sufficient and that the calf's immune system would do the rest, but I am not convinced. Any suggestions or experiences from those of you in the cold climate that I am sure deal with more pneumonia a year than we see in 20 years?