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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 591842" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I've seen 'em survive when they shouldn't have by all accounts. I'm not talking about just down and bloated, I'm talking about down, non-responsive, won't move, time to get out the chains and the tractor to haul them off.</p><p></p><p>Need to keep putting baking soda (sodium bicarb) into that calf as well as probiotics and any type of rumen stimulant you can. Antibiotics really aren't going to help too much in this case because you NEED to repopulate that calf's rumen with good bacteria. Antibiotics kill off everything. I understand the reasoning behind using them, but it's rather counter productive in this case. Sodium bicarb is necessary because you have to get that pH level in the rumen back to normal before he's going to feel good enough to eat. Symptoms won't go away until you solve the problem.</p><p></p><p>Also, if, as the bloodwork indicates, he doesn't have a bacterial infection but may have a viral infection, antibiotics aren't going to do a bit of good for that.</p><p></p><p>You will see a lot of weakness that does mimic drunkeness in acidosis cases...</p><p></p><p>...I'm still not completely convinced that you are dealing with acidosis though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 591842, member: 852"] I've seen 'em survive when they shouldn't have by all accounts. I'm not talking about just down and bloated, I'm talking about down, non-responsive, won't move, time to get out the chains and the tractor to haul them off. Need to keep putting baking soda (sodium bicarb) into that calf as well as probiotics and any type of rumen stimulant you can. Antibiotics really aren't going to help too much in this case because you NEED to repopulate that calf's rumen with good bacteria. Antibiotics kill off everything. I understand the reasoning behind using them, but it's rather counter productive in this case. Sodium bicarb is necessary because you have to get that pH level in the rumen back to normal before he's going to feel good enough to eat. Symptoms won't go away until you solve the problem. Also, if, as the bloodwork indicates, he doesn't have a bacterial infection but may have a viral infection, antibiotics aren't going to do a bit of good for that. You will see a lot of weakness that does mimic drunkeness in acidosis cases... ...I'm still not completely convinced that you are dealing with acidosis though. [/QUOTE]
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