deerhunter
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I had a calf today and the mother doesnt have any milk and the calf wont stnd so my question is does a calf have to get milk from its mother before you can give it milk replacer?
deerhunter":15kjxuka said:if you dont have any milk replacer will it be okay until morning and then you can get some stuff then or is absolutly essential it gets it within 12 hours
WRONG !!!!!!!!!because my dad thinks he will be okay until tomorrow
24 hourshillsdown":3etfb2y3 said:Regolith you can give colostrum up to 48 hours and still have absorption..
he said at 36-48 hours the calf will still have between 5 and 10 percent absorption of Immuniglobins, not ideal but it is still there, also that is why you need to feed a calf colostrum for 48 hours and not 24 hrs as has been previously reported.
deerhunter":3s8hzu8e said:if i give it whole milk tonight will i be able to wait until morning to give it colostrum
deerhunter":3s8hzu8e said:because my dad thinks he will be okay until tomorrow