cow getting sick on silage

portwest

I have a 5yr old cow,with a 10 day old calf, who's beef on grass,fed her silage today, she got sick after eating it, the other cows had no problem with it, she kept eating it and kept getting sick, just wondering is it something to worry about?

Figerty

For something like this, I would always call the vet out. Most likely something as a result of the calving. A cow that can't eat is in trouble.

Sort it as soon as possible or the cow will go down. That's my twopence worth. But I am a bit ultra cautious, I don't like to wait to see if it will sort it self out.

mossfort

portwest wrote: »

I have a 5yr old cow,with a 10 day old calf, who's beef on grass,fed her silage today, she got sick after eating it, the other cows had no problem with it, she kept eating it and kept getting sick, just wondering is it something to worry about?

what do you mean by getting sick? is she getting use of high mag buckets?

portwest

yes, she has the use of high mag buckets

portwest

mossfort wrote: »

what do you mean by getting sick? is she getting use of high mag buckets?

spitting out the silage 5 mins later,yes she has the use of high mag bucket

whelan1

if she is actually getting sick you should get the vet - cows very very rarely vomit

the al kid

Could be due to a combination of being recently calved and poorly preserved silage although you would expect more of a herd problem if that was the case.I would try giving her a couple of ounces of breadsoda as a drench every day for a few days-otherwise check for presence of bad teeth,worn teeth,or any other mouth condition that might interfere with chewing or swallowing.As other posters said -get professional advice.

Al

dar31

vet.. probably post calving problem.
afaik. a cow throwing up her cud on the ground is a sign of high nitrogen levels in the grass/silage, not 100% though. some one please verify

snowman707

bread soda as mentioned and a few stomach powders (stimulex or ruminative etc)

offer high fibre .. good quality straw or hay, a very small amount of beet pulp

if it persists as stated seek vet advise

whelan1

i have a heifer calved on thursday , only 1 leg was coming and calf was dead by the time i got it out , anyways she was fine on friday but didnt like the look of her on saturday got vet who said it was ecoli mastitis - now i know ecoli mastitis when i see it and this WAS NOT it ... no swelling and milk was not a tea like colour , got vet back today and he reckons its a blocked abomasum , we had given he fluids etc with aggers pump on saturday but today when we dosed her with it with epsom salts , liquid parafin , chanatol , coffee , stimulex etc it started coming back up , vet said he had seen 5 of them on a farm a few weeks ago where they where only on maize silage and they got blocked , we are not feeding mazie at the moment