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Devin

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One of our angus bulls, who was in the bull pen waiting for the May 1st turn out date has become deathly sick within the past 24hrs. The bull is five years old. He is alone in the bull pen and has free choice grass hay and a small bucket of soy hulls every day. He was fine yesterday. today he has gotten down on his front knees and can't get up, has the worst smelling diareha(spelling?) ever and has alot of mucous and a small amount of blood coming from his nose. The vet has drawn blood and treated with a number of different things and is still scratching his head. He mentioned something about a new strain of anoplasmosis (spelling?) that is more aggressive than what we have been used to dealing with in these parts. Any body got any ideas I would love to hear them. I am anxious for the lab results on the blood, but I'm betting he won't make it through the night.
 
That makes your heart sink, seeing your bull go down like that. We lost one to anaplasmosis several years ago but he didn't act like that. He just got weak and wobbly really fast with rapid breathing. I hope you get some answers soon but I expect it won't be a good outcome. Let's hope not. Good luck.
 
Well. the old bull is still alive today. He is up on his feet, but isn't eating. The blood has stopped from the nose and he appears sore footed. We won't have any lab results back until the first of the week. Thanks for the responses.
 
Let us know what the blood results come back with please.. sounds very strange. Almost like some type of poisoning?

Hope it's something you can cure. Good luck
 
Devin have you heard anymore about the lab results?? am very curious as to what would make your bull go down so hard and bleed.
 
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Except for the blood from the nose it sounds like all the symptoms of a gnat borne disease called "three day stiffsickness" over here. I am sure there is a more scientific term for it as well, I'll do a search and see what I can find.

There's usually is a very high fever, excessive drooling and they appear to be very tenderfooted and stiff in the joints. Some move very reluctantly while others go partially or totally down. They usually stop eating and keeping the rumen going and relieving the pain is all you can do. The symptoms usually only lasts in its most severe form for about three days, hence the name.

Assuming your bull had a high fever, be sure to had him BSE tested before turning out and again halfway through the breeding season.
 

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