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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 732578" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>I'm still not seeing how old your calves are, or what type. Pretty hard to give advice without information.</p><p></p><p>I think if you have to routinely give antibiotics to purchased animals, something is wrong. The industry is fighting the image of overuse of antibiotics, and overuse creates resistance making antibiotics less effective.</p><p></p><p>I would focus on keeping their immune system working, with proper feeding and watering, and reducing stress.</p><p></p><p>Stress suppresses immunity. Fear of a new place, new people, adjusting to new feed and watering systems, new herdmates, etc. More stress if recently weaned.</p><p></p><p>I would give them several days to adjust to their surroundings without you messing with them. Try to keep their feed similar to what they had, if you can know that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 732578, member: 8265"] I'm still not seeing how old your calves are, or what type. Pretty hard to give advice without information. I think if you have to routinely give antibiotics to purchased animals, something is wrong. The industry is fighting the image of overuse of antibiotics, and overuse creates resistance making antibiotics less effective. I would focus on keeping their immune system working, with proper feeding and watering, and reducing stress. Stress suppresses immunity. Fear of a new place, new people, adjusting to new feed and watering systems, new herdmates, etc. More stress if recently weaned. I would give them several days to adjust to their surroundings without you messing with them. Try to keep their feed similar to what they had, if you can know that. [/QUOTE]
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