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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1197094" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Calcium. And I ensure she's got at least her daily dose of magnesium. And food. And she'll feel the cold more than her herdmates, so I like to keep a coat around for recovering milk fever cows.</p><p></p><p>Basic protocol is an oral drench of 400 ml calol (calcium chloride) plus a 500 ml bag of calpromag injected under the skin (calcium boroglutamate, and also contains Mag chloride and Vit B12). I only go for the vein on a cow that is lying flat out, not one that can sit up; and in that instance the oral drench has to wait till she's sitting up and able to swallow. Checking every 4 - 6 hours makes it unlikely that you'll find one progressed to lying flat out & they can die quickly from that point.</p><p>If she doesn't get up within the hour, I go back 3 - 4 hours later, repeat treatment with the calol and calpromag then lift her with the hip lifters on FEL tractor.</p><p>In either case, once she's on her feet she gets an oral drench containing calcium at least once a day till she appears fully recovered. It can take four or five days after calving for her calcium levels to stabilise.</p><p></p><p>Note - my reason for not attempting the vein has everything to do with my size and strength relative to the cow. If you have someone strong enough to hold the cow, and the sense to GO SLOW with any injection containing magnesium, then putting it in the vein will give a much faster response. I've been thrown off cows once or twice too often as they recovered, shook their head and sat up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1197094, member: 9267"] Calcium. And I ensure she's got at least her daily dose of magnesium. And food. And she'll feel the cold more than her herdmates, so I like to keep a coat around for recovering milk fever cows. Basic protocol is an oral drench of 400 ml calol (calcium chloride) plus a 500 ml bag of calpromag injected under the skin (calcium boroglutamate, and also contains Mag chloride and Vit B12). I only go for the vein on a cow that is lying flat out, not one that can sit up; and in that instance the oral drench has to wait till she's sitting up and able to swallow. Checking every 4 - 6 hours makes it unlikely that you'll find one progressed to lying flat out & they can die quickly from that point. If she doesn't get up within the hour, I go back 3 - 4 hours later, repeat treatment with the calol and calpromag then lift her with the hip lifters on FEL tractor. In either case, once she's on her feet she gets an oral drench containing calcium at least once a day till she appears fully recovered. It can take four or five days after calving for her calcium levels to stabilise. Note - my reason for not attempting the vein has everything to do with my size and strength relative to the cow. If you have someone strong enough to hold the cow, and the sense to GO SLOW with any injection containing magnesium, then putting it in the vein will give a much faster response. I've been thrown off cows once or twice too often as they recovered, shook their head and sat up. [/QUOTE]
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