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Sick calf - runny nose, cloudy/yellow eyes
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<blockquote data-quote="Betsy" data-source="post: 514731" data-attributes="member: 8026"><p>This morning a neighbor gave us a week-old Devon bull calf. The neighbor said that the mother cow had rejected it at birth and he had been putting her in the headgate twice a day to let the calf nurse. As the calf is going blind (he said its eyes were fine at birth) and he doesn't have the time to mess with it, he offered it to us. </p><p>So anyway, what do I do with this little fellow? Both of his eyes are a cloudy yellow in the middle; he can sense light, but not other objects. His breathing is labored as if he was holding each breath. His nose has a clear discharge, and he keeps blowing it. I have been bottle-feeding him, and he can stand up for that. No scours, although his poop does smell really bad. The neighbor was keeping him in a dirty room in the barn that he takes his sick cows through on the way to the headgate, so I don't know if the calf contracted something that way.</p><p>We gave him a vitamin A/D injection in hopes of that helping his eyes. We also moved him inside the house since he was shivering and cool to the touch. Is there anything else I can do for him? What are his chances of survival? I have been around cattle for less than a year, so I still don't know much, especially about young calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Betsy, post: 514731, member: 8026"] This morning a neighbor gave us a week-old Devon bull calf. The neighbor said that the mother cow had rejected it at birth and he had been putting her in the headgate twice a day to let the calf nurse. As the calf is going blind (he said its eyes were fine at birth) and he doesn't have the time to mess with it, he offered it to us. So anyway, what do I do with this little fellow? Both of his eyes are a cloudy yellow in the middle; he can sense light, but not other objects. His breathing is labored as if he was holding each breath. His nose has a clear discharge, and he keeps blowing it. I have been bottle-feeding him, and he can stand up for that. No scours, although his poop does smell really bad. The neighbor was keeping him in a dirty room in the barn that he takes his sick cows through on the way to the headgate, so I don't know if the calf contracted something that way. We gave him a vitamin A/D injection in hopes of that helping his eyes. We also moved him inside the house since he was shivering and cool to the touch. Is there anything else I can do for him? What are his chances of survival? I have been around cattle for less than a year, so I still don't know much, especially about young calves. [/QUOTE]
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