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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 654805" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>He's doing well now. That is quite a bug to deal with. It will lay them out flat in just a few hours, but if you catch it quick they come back from it just as quickly.</p><p></p><p>Our other calf to come down with it this year was an unassisted calf out of an 8 year old cow. He was small for her, so I doubt that she had a long labour. Most of the other calves we have had come down with ecoli, have been out of cows, who should have had 'good' colostrum. We don't have many that come down with it, most years we don't have any.</p><p></p><p>I would go with you on the long labour thing, Jeannne. That article I posted earlier this spring, said that the quality of the colostrum declined the longer it was after birth, 33% by 12 hours I think. It is pretty hard to guess just how the cow's body works and when the zero hour is, especially in a prolonged labour.</p><p></p><p>I would also agree that a heifers colostrum would be better than OTC, especially if she is one raised on the farm. I suppose, that supplementing a heifer's calf, especially one that had a hard birth, with colostrum would not be a bad idea. Best would be colostrum from a cow/s on the farm, but OTC probably would not be terrible either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 654805, member: 2308"] He's doing well now. That is quite a bug to deal with. It will lay them out flat in just a few hours, but if you catch it quick they come back from it just as quickly. Our other calf to come down with it this year was an unassisted calf out of an 8 year old cow. He was small for her, so I doubt that she had a long labour. Most of the other calves we have had come down with ecoli, have been out of cows, who should have had 'good' colostrum. We don't have many that come down with it, most years we don't have any. I would go with you on the long labour thing, Jeannne. That article I posted earlier this spring, said that the quality of the colostrum declined the longer it was after birth, 33% by 12 hours I think. It is pretty hard to guess just how the cow's body works and when the zero hour is, especially in a prolonged labour. I would also agree that a heifers colostrum would be better than OTC, especially if she is one raised on the farm. I suppose, that supplementing a heifer's calf, especially one that had a hard birth, with colostrum would not be a bad idea. Best would be colostrum from a cow/s on the farm, but OTC probably would not be terrible either. [/QUOTE]
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