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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 11549"><p>Unless you're independently wealthy, buying calves at a sale barn is a good way to go broke. I know there are those who disagree, but once you get certain diseases on your property, like cryptosporidium for example, you're looking at trouble for a long time to come.</p><p></p><p>The sale barn harbors about every kind of bacteria, parasite or virus you can think of. Buying a calf that has been through the sale barn is simply buying a calf that has essentially been inoculated with disease. Once in a while you'll get lucky, but not often.</p><p></p><p>> We buy bull calves privately, but</p><p>> I'll run across 3-4 sale barn</p><p>> calves that I buy pretty cheap. I</p><p>> was hoping someone had some</p><p>> thoughts on treating them. I know</p><p>> they don't get their mama's first</p><p>> milk, so they really don't have to</p><p>> good a chance in the first place.</p><p>> Is there anything I can do or give</p><p>> them to boost their immune</p><p>> systems, or am I just basically</p><p>> beating a dead calf and give up on</p><p>> buying sale barn calves. I just</p><p>> feel so bad for them, I feel as</p><p>> though I maybe able to help them.</p><p>> My dad always did tell me that</p><p>> we're running a farm and not a</p><p>> zoo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 11549"] Unless you're independently wealthy, buying calves at a sale barn is a good way to go broke. I know there are those who disagree, but once you get certain diseases on your property, like cryptosporidium for example, you're looking at trouble for a long time to come. The sale barn harbors about every kind of bacteria, parasite or virus you can think of. Buying a calf that has been through the sale barn is simply buying a calf that has essentially been inoculated with disease. Once in a while you'll get lucky, but not often. > We buy bull calves privately, but > I'll run across 3-4 sale barn > calves that I buy pretty cheap. I > was hoping someone had some > thoughts on treating them. I know > they don't get their mama's first > milk, so they really don't have to > good a chance in the first place. > Is there anything I can do or give > them to boost their immune > systems, or am I just basically > beating a dead calf and give up on > buying sale barn calves. I just > feel so bad for them, I feel as > though I maybe able to help them. > My dad always did tell me that > we're running a farm and not a > zoo. [/QUOTE]
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