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Post by SWMan on Aug 15, 2022 20:56:49 GMT -6
Have one calf here, stupid thing wouldn't suck when born and mother kind of disowned it, ended up putting cow in headgate and milking it and feeding to calf...blah blah blah....ended up getting the mother interested again and all good so I thought. Couple weeks ago the calf comes up lame, won't put weight on one front leg. Spends all day laying around in the grass, mother feeds it and it is getting bigger but I'm positive this calf is a few bricks short of a load. So I needled this thing with 6mL of Oxyvet 300 about a week ago, still not seeing improvement. Vet gave us some Florfenicol 300mg/mL to try if the Oxyvet didn't work. Do I wait/try more Oxyvet/use the other medicine? Had a few cows with a bad foot so far and the Oxyvet has worked in all cases, but for a small herd I'm wondering if I am doing something wrong to have so much foot trouble? What is normal? It was a wet messy spring and I think that may have been part of the problem early on this year.
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Post by cptusa on Aug 15, 2022 21:04:27 GMT -6
I'd hit him with the florfenicol right away.
And has anyone heard from Albertabuck recently? I keep wanting to drop him an email but keep forgetting.
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Post by Beerwiser on Aug 15, 2022 21:38:35 GMT -6
I am with Captain, hit it with florfenicol. It should have shown signs of improvement by now with Oxyvet.
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Post by SWMan on Aug 15, 2022 22:36:20 GMT -6
Thanks guys. I also hope Albertabuck is doing okay. I think he probably just needed a break and I respect that, but do miss his insight on many things and this would be one.
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Post by snapper22 on Aug 17, 2022 11:00:07 GMT -6
You get calves like that with no suck reflex off the bat. Sometimes if you mess around tubing them and trying to teach them to suck a nipple they most times smarten up sometimes after a week or more. It’s frustrating as a fence crawler who has the best calf.
Good measure with treating foot rot navel or pneumonia a sub q dose of Metacam reduces inflammation and allows the antibiotics to work a lot better. Makes them feel a lot better and they get eating and stay strong
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Post by Oatking on Aug 17, 2022 18:24:02 GMT -6
question for the cattle guys. how much is the going rate for a steer now a days?
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Post by garyfunk on Aug 17, 2022 18:50:47 GMT -6
Finished?
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Post by Beerwiser on Aug 17, 2022 20:11:42 GMT -6
1.80ish rail weight. More if you don't like the guy😁.
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Post by garyfunk on Aug 17, 2022 20:19:58 GMT -6
1.80ish rail weight. More if you don't like the guy😁. Ha. Rail is hot hanging, right? We charged $3 this summer. Pretty sure live is $1.80. Got a butcher a half hour away advertising $4.95/lb for halves, that includes cutting and wrapping 😳  |
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Post by Beerwiser on Aug 17, 2022 21:23:24 GMT -6
Shit, yeah that was live weight my mistake. Hanging on the rail is around 3.50 here, 1.25 to 1.50 for cut and wrap. I seen a few guys advertising 6 for a half cut and wrap. The one hutteritte colony is advertising at 4.50 in spring. Ha, just got this from a buddy, seems appropriate to the conversation.  |
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Post by SWMan on Aug 19, 2022 20:44:17 GMT -6
Gave the calf 6mL of Florfenicol in the neck muscle but no noticeable improvement. I'm guessing on the weight of the calf which is probably a bad guess, there was different rates for different injection sites too. Starting to wonder if this thing got stepped on or something, it appears to be that stupid.
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Post by cptusa on Aug 19, 2022 21:05:47 GMT -6
There's 100 ways fir a calf to die. Some calves will try them all.
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Post by SWMan on Aug 26, 2022 20:52:35 GMT -6
Watching this calf this evening, it is up and around and following the herd somewhat. Definitely favoring the one front leg and both front legs look to be curved rearward which seems different than others. It does seem to be improving and it is growing. Not really sure what else to do at this point, follow up with more Florfenicol?
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Post by cptusa on Aug 27, 2022 0:52:26 GMT -6
Another dose wouldn't hurt but wonder if maybe he was born with leg deformities that he is out growing.
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