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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 453285" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>Sickest that lived -- Had a cow with listeriosis(circling disease) this spring that we pumped water and liquid nutrients into her every day for 18 days before she recovered enough to be able to swallow. We went through 500 cc's of penicillin. We almost gave up on her but as long as she fought getting shots we knew she hadn't given up. </p><p>Some of the nutrients we pumped in her was a probiotic & electrolytes in ground alfalfa & sucrose powder mixed in water. She would regurgitate some in a normal attempt to chew a cud but she couldn't chew or swallow so we'd have to pull it out of her mouth or she would aspirate it. We were afraid for a few days she was starting to get pnuemonia due to inhaling the cud, but all the penicillin we were pumping in her kept it from getting too bad. </p><p>She recovered & is bred. She did get delayed a month on calving interval since she came down with it 8 weeks after calving and it took about 6 weeks to get recovered enough to start cycling again. Good thing, since we figured it'd take a year to get all that penicillin out of her system so we weren't going to ship her. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 453285, member: 1974"] Sickest that lived -- Had a cow with listeriosis(circling disease) this spring that we pumped water and liquid nutrients into her every day for 18 days before she recovered enough to be able to swallow. We went through 500 cc's of penicillin. We almost gave up on her but as long as she fought getting shots we knew she hadn't given up. Some of the nutrients we pumped in her was a probiotic & electrolytes in ground alfalfa & sucrose powder mixed in water. She would regurgitate some in a normal attempt to chew a cud but she couldn't chew or swallow so we'd have to pull it out of her mouth or she would aspirate it. We were afraid for a few days she was starting to get pnuemonia due to inhaling the cud, but all the penicillin we were pumping in her kept it from getting too bad. She recovered & is bred. She did get delayed a month on calving interval since she came down with it 8 weeks after calving and it took about 6 weeks to get recovered enough to start cycling again. Good thing, since we figured it'd take a year to get all that penicillin out of her system so we weren't going to ship her. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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