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[chevytaHOE5674]

My experience with lung issues like pneumonia is they never truly recover. They get better until the weather changes then it typically comes back again.

 

[kenny thomas]

My experience with lung issues like pneumonia is they never truly recover. They get better until the weather changes then it typically comes back again.

Add to that, i also see them that just never do well or grow as good. Some are even chronic.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Any enclosed area gets moist if the space is small enough that the breath and wet bodies of animals makes the air the least little bit humid. A lot of barns killed a lot of animals because farmers were putting their stock inside at night. There's a line that once it gets crossed makes it dangerous. Dry to you might be exactly moist enough to make cattle sick.

I'm not saying that's what caused the problem, but it's something to consider instead of just jumping to a defense.

I know that it's likely for them to get sick if a barn is moist. I'm super super careful about that, it's a big barn and super well vented. She was also totally fine in the morning when we turned her out, and mid day when we were down there again. But when we brought her in that night she had all that stuff going on.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

My experience with lung issues like pneumonia is they never truly recover. They get better until the weather changes then it typically comes back again.

Is there anything that we can do to prevent her from having this happen again?
Hauling her to jackpots probably won't be in her future?

 

[puzzled in oregon]

It seems it would be very difficult to prevent "this" from happening again, if you don't know what happened in the first place.
Jackpots? As in calf roping evets ?

 

[TCRanch]

Is there anything that we can do to prevent her from having this happen again?

Do you know if she was vaccinated for respiratory prior to when you purchased her? And/or have you followed up with a booster? Which is absolutely no guarantee but your best defense.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

It seems it would be very difficult to prevent "this" from happening again, if you don't know what happened in the first place.
Jackpots? As in calf roping evets ?

Jackpots as in cattle shows

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Do you know if she was vaccinated for respiratory prior to when you purchased her? And/or have you followed up with a booster? Which is absolutely no guarantee but your best defense.

She was vaccinated before I got her (not sure exactly what was used) and got her booster for it too.

 

[cattlecreek]

You getting frosty isn't going to win you any points with people that have been trying to help you... especially when you haven't done much except act like a newby that's making excuses instead of taking good advice.

You don't know everything either, but you sure think you do! Trixie Club Calves wasn't being "frosty"

 

[bird dog]

While we are on the subject, is there a preferred cow thermometer you folks use. My cheap rectal one has apparently died and I could never hear the darn thing beep anyway so looking for something new and better.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Regardless of the cause, if her lungs/;respiratory system are damaged, the heart has to work harder and being at 8000 ft.
elevation may not be the ideal environment for her,

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Regardless of the cause, if her lungs/;respiratory system are damaged, the heart has to work harder and being at 8000 ft.
elevation may not be the ideal environment for her,

We don't have anywhere lower to bring her or I would

 

[wbvs58]

While we are on the subject, is there a preferred cow thermometer you folks use. My cheap rectal one has apparently died and I could never hear the darn thing beep anyway so looking for something new and better.

Mercury.

Ken

 

[TCRanch]

While we are on the subject, is there a preferred cow thermometer you folks use. My cheap rectal one has apparently died and I could never hear the darn thing beep anyway so looking for something new and better.

This one is my favorite, although I have various digital thermometers in each Polaris, my vet bag, the workshop and at the house. You never know when the battery will die on you.

Because "comfort flex" and we want our girls to be as comfortable as possible, plus I love the large print.

Vicks Comfort Flex Fever In-Sight Oral Digital Thermometer, All Ages, V966US - Walmart.com

Buy Vicks Comfort Flex Fever In-Sight Oral Digital Thermometer, All Ages, V966US at Walmart.com

www.walmart.com

 

[TCRanch]

She was vaccinated before I got her (not sure exactly what was used) and got her booster for it too.

Good! But not all respiratory vaccines are the same. Not all include pasturella, mycoplasma, etc. If she's not showing the same symptoms as the ones you treated previously (in a different pasture), she may have a different strain. That said, I almost always have good luck with Draxxin and Banamine Transdermal or Draxxin KP, regardless of the strain.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Good! But not all respiratory vaccines are the same. Not all include pasturella, mycoplasma, etc. If she's not showing the same symptoms as the ones you treated previously (in a different pasture), she may have a different strain. That said, I almost always have good luck with Draxxin and Banamine Transdermal or Draxxin KP, regardless of the strain.

Draxxin Kp is my favorite but it's out of stock where I get it! I was gonna talk to our good vet that's far away and get a good respiratory vaccination and a longer term plan figured out for her to hopefully prevent this from happening again.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

The vet never asked about temp, insisted it was a trauma not a respiratory infection. Said we can give Draxxin if we want. She's gotten better, since we first discovered it, not worse. Which we gave to her anyways and it's helped.

IF you had started your conversation with your vet with the fact that the heifer had a fever, your vet would have gone a different route on his/her recommendations.

 

[Hereford2]

Several years ago I had a sick calf, I called my vet with the calves temp it was 104, the vet came out and gave the calf Mycotil. It cost me $50 The calf lived and fully recovered. On the same property were 2 calves, that weren't mine I didn't have enough to pay for their treatment either. Their owner refused to take their temp, didn't want to pay for the vet to come out, and would only tell the vet they were sick, and they both died. Then they proceeded to tell several people that the vet was no good. (Same Vet I had used)
I've also been around several sheep, calves and cows that were sick for days and the owners said they were fine yesterday and blamed the vet when the vet wasn't able to save them. This thread made me think about those instances.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

IF you had started your conversation with your vet with the fact that the heifer had a fever, your vet would have gone a different route on his/her recommendations.

Vet never asked, vet never told us we should. I would've gone back down there and taken it right away. But based of the information he told us she would be fine, and probably doesn't even need any antibiotics. But when she still wasn't getting any better, we took her temp and got ahold of the different vet so that when she asked her temp we had it.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

Several years ago I had a sick calf, I called my vet with the calves temp it was 104, the vet came out and gave the calf Mycotil. It cost me $50 The calf lived and fully recovered. On the same property were 2 calves, that weren't mine I didn't have enough to pay for their treatment either. Their owner refused to take their temp, didn't want to pay for the vet to come out, and would only tell the vet they were sick, and they both died. Then they proceeded to tell several people that the vet was no good. (Same Vet I had used)
I've also been around several sheep, calves and cows that were sick for days and the owners said they were fine yesterday and blamed the vet when the vet wasn't able to save them. This thread made me think about those instances.

the first vet did not sound like she needed anything and she'd be just fine. When she wasn't getting any better we took her temp and got ahold the next vet. Neither vets wanted to come look at them. Neither vets wanted us to bring her down, or i would've met them in a heartbeat. Paying a vet money is not an issue if it's gonna save her, with her being a show heifer I already have a ton of money into her. Neither of the vets here are the best cow vets, there great for emergency horse stuff. Not saying there bad vets.