heifer scour

leoch

noticed a 20month heifer with very watery dung they are inside and getting silage only they were dosed with zanil over 2 weeks ago she is still eating away and have access to plenty of clean water does the zanil take this long to work as i know this can make them very watery or should i give them something else

stanflt

leoch wrote: »

noticed a 20month heifer with very watery dung they are inside and getting silage only they were dosed with zanil over 2 weeks ago she is still eating away and have access to plenty of clean water does the zanil take this long to work as i know this can make them very watery or should i give them something else

could be a shortage of ndf in the silage- can you feed some straw

whelan1

could be anything.... keep an eye on her, if in doubt ring the vet

leoch

what is ndf shortage in silage

bogman_bass

NDF = Non Digestibale Fiber

reilig

My inlaws last a 20 month bullock with BVD earlier this year. He started with a scour and basically faded away over 4 months. Vet looked at him and predicted fluke, he was dosed, and didn't improve, then vet predicted mineral deficiency and treated him. I asked vet could it be bvd and he said no (because he didn't understand it). At testing I got vet to take blood sample and it came back positive. Sent bullock to knacker's yard. He lost about 50% of his weight over 3 or 4 months.

whelan1

reilig wrote: »

My inlaws last a 20 month bullock with BVD earlier this year. He started with a scour and basically faded away over 4 months. Vet looked at him and predicted fluke, he was dosed, and didn't improve, then vet predicted mineral deficiency and treated him. I asked vet could it be bvd and he said no (because he didn't understand it). At testing I got vet to take blood sample and it came back positive. Sent bullock to knacker's yard. He lost about 50% of his weight over 3 or 4 months.

bvd or johnes( might be too young) if scour persists i would - if she is clear from medication- send her to factory to ccut your losses, as reilig says maybe get her bvd tested so you know what you are dealing with

whelan1

did she have a scour before she was dosed?

leoch

no she didnt, got another heifers dung sampled which wasnt thrieving and it came back with stomach fluke so i dosed them all with zanil but thats about 18/19 days ago this one with the scour seems to be thrieving and eating ok

greysides

You could repeat the Zanil. I presume you've also taken care of the 'usual suspects' (worms and liver fluke).

Salmonellosis and Coccidiosis also cause scouring.

leoch

it seems better this eve