This happened 10 years ago, but bear with me & tell me what you think....
We had 2 holestein steers about 7-8 months old. Both on the same pasture, grain (16% dairy), and hay (regular grass hay).
Both were cauterized when newborns with caustic paste on the horn buds.
Ok, one starts walking tight circles, bawling non-stop. You can't even lead him, he's out of it. We manage to get him into the barn, when he goes down. He dies about 15-20 minutes later. Kicking & thrashing, bawling the whole time. Really bad. From start to finish, this lasted around 1 hour. He was stiff instantly after death. Had a heck of a time getting him out of the barn. We had the vet called, but he arrived too late. He did necropsy the head & internal organs, found nothing abnormal. So we buried him.
Other calf grows out to 18 months old & was butchered.
What do you think could have happened? No obvious injuries to him.. The other calf was fine. Dh blames the caustic paste, but heck, that was 7-8 months prior.
Thanks
We had 2 holestein steers about 7-8 months old. Both on the same pasture, grain (16% dairy), and hay (regular grass hay).
Both were cauterized when newborns with caustic paste on the horn buds.
Ok, one starts walking tight circles, bawling non-stop. You can't even lead him, he's out of it. We manage to get him into the barn, when he goes down. He dies about 15-20 minutes later. Kicking & thrashing, bawling the whole time. Really bad. From start to finish, this lasted around 1 hour. He was stiff instantly after death. Had a heck of a time getting him out of the barn. We had the vet called, but he arrived too late. He did necropsy the head & internal organs, found nothing abnormal. So we buried him.
Other calf grows out to 18 months old & was butchered.
What do you think could have happened? No obvious injuries to him.. The other calf was fine. Dh blames the caustic paste, but heck, that was 7-8 months prior.
Thanks