: Anyone ever heard of shipping fever???<br>: What is it and how can you cure it?<br>: Had a cow die today and worried about the rest of the herd. Thanks for any info.<p>Shipping fever is usually brought on by weaning, working, sorting and hauling cattle long distances. I believe it is like a cold or cough! Don't know how to treat, that's a vet's job.<p>Your post said cow! I didn't realize cows could get this, but you never know. If your death loss was a cow and you've just purchased one or more, it may be annaplasmois! If that's possible you best get a vet quick if you purchased more than that one animal. This is spread by horse flies and poor clealiness of needles when working infected cattle. It can lie dormant for years and you not have any problems until you work or haul some cattle and cause them to stress. Many cattle can carry this disease. There is a vaccine which is very expensive ( use that on your bull or bulls ) if your area has alot of annaplas or you can feed Aurominicin in your mineral mix.<p>This really is just the tip of the iceberg! If your not sure of why a death occured, you need to get a vet out to your place for his/her advice.
