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Young Heifers calving - what would you do
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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 583070" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>ok you might think i am the grim reaper. Here is my reality check...the reality i live in.</p><p>Year 2004</p><p>Calved in our calving area</p><p>area to small for our growing herd...we increased by about 20% that year</p><p>wet spring</p><p>snow and rain</p><p>soupy water on the ground in places and clean bedding</p><p>in two weeks 60 cows calved all calves navel dipped at the time of birth. We are out with out calves quite a bit during calving</p><p>in one day 9 out of the 10 calves that calved that day got navel ill...our first year of navel ill. We noticed problems 12-24 hours after birth. All got the dip right as soon as the calf dropped on the ground and then again when tagged and bagged because of the wet area. One got it so bad that it died several months later. It was the first calf to get it and we dropped the ball on the treatment.</p><p>then next two weeks we had to treat every calf born because the navel ill was contagious. What happened was a sick calf layed down in the straw, got up and left. A young calf with a wet navel laid in the same place and got sick...per our vet since she was out many times that year</p><p>If i sound like a "grim reaper" sorry but the reality is this could happen in an enclosed pen, with lack of clean dry bedding, and crowding, and wet cold damp weather.</p><p>yes they calved 1000 of years with out us. But they did not have us putting them in pens. They calved in the open pasture usually in the drier part of the spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 583070, member: 6198"] ok you might think i am the grim reaper. Here is my reality check...the reality i live in. Year 2004 Calved in our calving area area to small for our growing herd...we increased by about 20% that year wet spring snow and rain soupy water on the ground in places and clean bedding in two weeks 60 cows calved all calves navel dipped at the time of birth. We are out with out calves quite a bit during calving in one day 9 out of the 10 calves that calved that day got navel ill...our first year of navel ill. We noticed problems 12-24 hours after birth. All got the dip right as soon as the calf dropped on the ground and then again when tagged and bagged because of the wet area. One got it so bad that it died several months later. It was the first calf to get it and we dropped the ball on the treatment. then next two weeks we had to treat every calf born because the navel ill was contagious. What happened was a sick calf layed down in the straw, got up and left. A young calf with a wet navel laid in the same place and got sick...per our vet since she was out many times that year If i sound like a "grim reaper" sorry but the reality is this could happen in an enclosed pen, with lack of clean dry bedding, and crowding, and wet cold damp weather. yes they calved 1000 of years with out us. But they did not have us putting them in pens. They calved in the open pasture usually in the drier part of the spring. [/QUOTE]
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