I know this could be a common scenario, but tell me what you think.
I had a Beefmaster 1st calf heifer. She calved at 24 months. She was on the small side, 700-800 lbs. Her calf looks and acts great and is on par w/ the other calves of 3-4 calf mothers who are much larger.
One month after delivery mom I noticed that mom had a runny nose, I heard her cough 2X, droopy ears and was walking slower to the lot. I gave her 30cc LA200 that day. She was still eating and baby was doing well, but her disposition did not improve. Three weeks latter (7 weeks after giving birth) I noticed that her eyes were starting to sink, her hip bones and ribs were showing, her ears were still kind of down and she was lying around too much. I had seen her grazing some and I was giving her 2-3lbs of 14% feed separate from the herd. I noticed that she had probably been having diarrhea. I got her up and gave her another 35cc LA200 and 3.5 Sulfa Boluses. While in the chute she had dark bloody diarrhea with chunks of manure in it. I put her and her calf in a separate lot and was going to try to rehydrate her....The next morning she was dead.
She had been vaccinated in April w/ Virashield 6 and UltaChoice 8
1) Any idea what was wrong with her? Was this BVD?
2) I have the 7wk old calf in the lot/barn. She is eating calf starter and taking a bottle 2x day. How long before she leaves quarantine and can re-join the heard?
I moved the herd hay supply and pushed the waste hay/manure into a pile and ran a drag over the place then shoveled the manure out of the lot where the sick cow was and I'm going to spray it with disinfectant.
Thanks for your opinions
I had a Beefmaster 1st calf heifer. She calved at 24 months. She was on the small side, 700-800 lbs. Her calf looks and acts great and is on par w/ the other calves of 3-4 calf mothers who are much larger.
One month after delivery mom I noticed that mom had a runny nose, I heard her cough 2X, droopy ears and was walking slower to the lot. I gave her 30cc LA200 that day. She was still eating and baby was doing well, but her disposition did not improve. Three weeks latter (7 weeks after giving birth) I noticed that her eyes were starting to sink, her hip bones and ribs were showing, her ears were still kind of down and she was lying around too much. I had seen her grazing some and I was giving her 2-3lbs of 14% feed separate from the herd. I noticed that she had probably been having diarrhea. I got her up and gave her another 35cc LA200 and 3.5 Sulfa Boluses. While in the chute she had dark bloody diarrhea with chunks of manure in it. I put her and her calf in a separate lot and was going to try to rehydrate her....The next morning she was dead.
She had been vaccinated in April w/ Virashield 6 and UltaChoice 8
1) Any idea what was wrong with her? Was this BVD?
2) I have the 7wk old calf in the lot/barn. She is eating calf starter and taking a bottle 2x day. How long before she leaves quarantine and can re-join the heard?
I moved the herd hay supply and pushed the waste hay/manure into a pile and ran a drag over the place then shoveled the manure out of the lot where the sick cow was and I'm going to spray it with disinfectant.
Thanks for your opinions