Calves Coughing

Sami23

Bit of advice needed please.
Had a couple of calves coughing last week and they also seemed to have their tongues out when they were coughing.
On our vets advice I injected them with Animec but they are still coughing albeit not as bad.
I'm wondering should I give them a dose with Albex or Endospec now or wait to see if they improve ?
April to June born by the way.
Thanks

Reggie.

Sami23 wrote: »

Bit of advice needed please.
Had a couple of calves coughing last week and they also seemed to have their tongues out when they were coughing.
On our vets advice I injected them with Animec but they are still coughing albeit not as bad.
I'm wondering should I give them a dose with Albex or Endospec now or wait to see if they improve ?
April to June born by the way.
Thanks

Hardly a bit of hoose. Try giving them a bit of hay. It supposed to help scrape the worm off the edge of the throat

mahoney_j

Virus pneumonia ,list a lovely bb heifer to it this am.gave all calves ctc powder through meal for last few days and all cleared up.took a few dung samples last week as I though worms as well.all clear.calves all got cydectin for worms in June so that appears to of done trick

Sami23

Reggie. wrote: »

Hardly a bit of hoose. Try giving them a bit of hay. It supposed to help scrape the worm off the edge of the throat

The calves are with the cows so giving them hay or powder like mahoney says would be difficult.

farm14

Sami23 wrote: »

Bit of advice needed please.
Had a couple of calves coughing last week and they also seemed to have their tongues out when they were coughing.
On our vets advice I injected them with Animec but they are still coughing albeit not as bad.
I'm wondering should I give them a dose with Albex or Endospec now or wait to see if they improve ?
April to June born by the way.
Thanks

Yeah if I were you id give them a dose down the neck. Did mine d other day with levacide. Want to go straight in when you see them coughing

mahoney_j

farm14 wrote: »

Yeah if I were you id give them a dose down the neck. Did mine d other day with levacide. Want to go straight in when you see them coughing

No point going in blind,they were dosed a week ago and still coughing.as I said earlier may not be worms could be virus pneumonia or Ibr.a dung same for worms will tell more

J.O. Farmer

Sami23 wrote: »

Bit of advice needed please.
Had a couple of calves coughing last week and they also seemed to have their tongues out when they were coughing.
On our vets advice I injected them with Animec but they are still coughing albeit not as bad.
I'm wondering should I give them a dose with Albex or Endospec now or wait to see if they improve ?
April to June born by the way.
Thanks

Animec is ivermectin injection isn't it. That should kill off any worms in them. I'm not sure if there's much benefit to going so soon with another dose.
When you say last week we are only in the middle of this week so it could be a week and a half or just a half.
If they are improving maybe they will continue to improve. Maybe more advice from the vet would be the way to go.

Sami23

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Animec is ivermectin injection isn't it. That should kill off any worms in them. I'm not sure if there's much benefit to going so soon with another dose.
When you say last week we are only in the middle of this week so it could be a week and a half or just a half.
If they are improving maybe they will continue to improve. Maybe more advice from the vet would be the way to go.

They were done last Monday week

flutered

could be early signs of coxyidoisis, forgive the spelling, especially is they are on ration, we had it here, only lost nthe one, after dosing took them off the nuts as they were scouring them,their stomachs could not handel them, put them on the starter munch, which got their tummys working again, a few neighbours found that worked for them as well.

Sami23

flutered wrote: »

could be early signs of coxyidoisis, forgive the spelling, especially is they are on ration, we had it here, only lost nthe one, after dosing took them off the nuts as they were scouring them,their stomachs could not handel them, put them on the starter munch, which got their tummys working again, a few neighbours found that worked for them as well.

There not on any meal or never have been. There just grazing with cows in same paddocks.

Count Mondego

I'd always assume that they'll be coughing up hoose for a good few days after injection. A quick kill can create problems as they die immediately and can overcome the lungs. That's when pneumonia can hit.

greysides

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Animec is ivermectin injection isn't it. That should kill off any worms in them. I'm not sure if there's much benefit to going so soon with another dose.
When you say last week we are only in the middle of this week so it could be a week and a half or just a half.
If they are improving maybe they will continue to improve. Maybe more advice from the vet would be the way to go.

That's my opinion too.

greysides

Sami23 wrote: »

Had a couple of calves coughing last week and they also seemed to have their tongues out when they were coughing.

flutered wrote: »

could be early signs of coxyidoisis,

No.

_Brian

Count Mondego wrote: »

I'd always assume that they'll be coughing up hoose for a good few days after injection. A quick kill can create problems as they die immediately and can overcome the lungs. That's when pneumonia can hit.

This.
Our vet says if cattle are bad with then oral drench is better as the kill is a bit slower and their lungs get a chance to clear as they die.

greysides

Animals can continue to cough or show signs of pneumonia for a while after dosing. Some of them can need treatment to get them over it.