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<blockquote data-quote="sidney411" data-source="post: 504157" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>Ok, I've got one that has me stumped. I had a cow and calf disapear from the pasture for 2 weeks. Looked everwhere and in all the neighboring herds. Cow is still missing but the calf showed back up with my herd a week ago. He is quite skinny and lethargic. We walked him into the pens and gave him some starter grain, and grass hay. He ate good for about 4 days then went off feed. Gave him a flake of alfalfa to try to get him to eat - nothing. Gave him a shot of B complex and Probios. No fever. Started scouring 5th day. Went down on Monday. Got B12, gastro cote, and panacur from vet. Tubed him with electrolites and 1 gallon of mik replacer per vets instructions. Same treatment again last night, still down, but has fight in him, it takes 2 of us to hold him to tube him. He weights 285 lbs. 2 of us can lift him up but he doesn't even try to stand, his legs just crumple under him. We rolled him on his side and worked his legs, which he will pull back on when I pull them out, so he has control of them and feeling in them. The vet said to call him back in 3 days if there is no improvement, so I will call him back tomorrow. Any other ideas I can try today? Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sidney411, post: 504157, member: 430"] Ok, I've got one that has me stumped. I had a cow and calf disapear from the pasture for 2 weeks. Looked everwhere and in all the neighboring herds. Cow is still missing but the calf showed back up with my herd a week ago. He is quite skinny and lethargic. We walked him into the pens and gave him some starter grain, and grass hay. He ate good for about 4 days then went off feed. Gave him a flake of alfalfa to try to get him to eat - nothing. Gave him a shot of B complex and Probios. No fever. Started scouring 5th day. Went down on Monday. Got B12, gastro cote, and panacur from vet. Tubed him with electrolites and 1 gallon of mik replacer per vets instructions. Same treatment again last night, still down, but has fight in him, it takes 2 of us to hold him to tube him. He weights 285 lbs. 2 of us can lift him up but he doesn't even try to stand, his legs just crumple under him. We rolled him on his side and worked his legs, which he will pull back on when I pull them out, so he has control of them and feeling in them. The vet said to call him back in 3 days if there is no improvement, so I will call him back tomorrow. Any other ideas I can try today? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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