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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 675739" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>All I know about pneumonia is that it's a tough one to get control of - has a nasty habit of the calf appearing to recover then relapsing later, and sometimes doesn't show a lot of symptoms (I got so fed up of looking at a calf with a dull coat last spring that I gave her a couple of doses penicillin - didn't seem to do any good so I stopped after the basic 3-days (pneumonia is 5 - 7 day treatment). It was a couple weeks later that she'd been running around the pen and I finally heard the harsh breathing, started her on the full five days at a slightly higher rate and this time saw considerable improvement. She'd probably had respiratory issues since around a week old, causing the initial poor growth and coat).</p><p></p><p>I don't know your drugs, but I'm usually advised to treat for 5-7 days to get on top of pneumonia (with penicillin or oxytetracycline). Either this calf needs further treatment or there is residual lung damage. Residual lung damage can be bad news - might improve, might not.</p><p></p><p>I don't know diptheria but I've been suspicious that my last farm had wormer-resistant lungworm - would have been the only farm in NZ where I've seen lungworm. Or it might have been pneumonia. Any vet I mentioned coughing calves to told me it wasn't worth worrying about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 675739, member: 9267"] All I know about pneumonia is that it's a tough one to get control of - has a nasty habit of the calf appearing to recover then relapsing later, and sometimes doesn't show a lot of symptoms (I got so fed up of looking at a calf with a dull coat last spring that I gave her a couple of doses penicillin - didn't seem to do any good so I stopped after the basic 3-days (pneumonia is 5 - 7 day treatment). It was a couple weeks later that she'd been running around the pen and I finally heard the harsh breathing, started her on the full five days at a slightly higher rate and this time saw considerable improvement. She'd probably had respiratory issues since around a week old, causing the initial poor growth and coat). I don't know your drugs, but I'm usually advised to treat for 5-7 days to get on top of pneumonia (with penicillin or oxytetracycline). Either this calf needs further treatment or there is residual lung damage. Residual lung damage can be bad news - might improve, might not. I don't know diptheria but I've been suspicious that my last farm had wormer-resistant lungworm - would have been the only farm in NZ where I've seen lungworm. Or it might have been pneumonia. Any vet I mentioned coughing calves to told me it wasn't worth worrying about. [/QUOTE]
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