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Calf with temperature

  • 06-04-2012 11:32am
    #1
    restive
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    I have a nine month old calf with a temperature. I gave him 20mg of Dexamethasone on Tuesday Wednesday & Thursday. He started with a temp of 103.5 degrees and now has a temperature of 102 degrees. He is not as active as i would like and is still scouring.

    Do i need to get the vet again or will he come good on his own. He is currently out with other calves in a field.


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  • #2
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Do i need to get the vet again

    Yes.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #3
    porter shark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭porter shark


    what else did you give him? what was wrong with him?


  • #4
    golfcruiser
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    restive wrote: »
    I have a nine month old calf with a temperature. I gave him 20mg of Dexamethasone on Tuesday Wednesday & Thursday. He started with a temp of 103.5 degrees and now has a temperature of 102 degrees. He is not as active as i would like and is still scouring.

    Do i need to get the vet again or will he come good on his own. He is currently out with other calves in a field.

    Get the vet


  • #5
    charliecon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭charliecon


    Dex is only an anti-inflammatory , if he has a temperature he has an infection and needs an antibiotic and at this stage it needs to be a strong one given intravenously


  • #6
    1chippy
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    AS far as iknow 102 is the right temp for an animal


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  • #7
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    1chippy wrote: »
    AS far as i know 102 is the right temp for an animal

    It is.

    This is the problem:
    charliecon wrote: »
    Dex is only an anti-inflammatory , if he has a temperature he has an infection and needs an antibiotic and at this stage it needs to be a strong one given intravenously

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #8
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭restive


    O.K

    First an apology, the vet actually gave me Engemycin, he just filled it into an empty Dexamethasone bottle and gave it to me to inject the Calf.

    The calf himself has now recovered with a temperature of 102 degrees, this must be the correct temperature, i thought it should be 101 degrees. It did however take him until yesterday before he came back to his old self, but i am glad to report that both he and I are now doing well.

    Thanks for the replies.


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