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Calves coughing

  • 16-04-2015 5:06pm
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    sucklerlover
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    Just wondering does any notice there calves are coughing more this year. I've mine vaccinated bout have a nasty dry cough.vet said lots of pneumonia this year. Haven't lost any but am injecting a lot with hexasol.


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    Reggie.
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    sucklerlover wrote: »
    Just wondering does any notice there calves are coughing more this year. I've mine vaccinated bout have a nasty dry cough.vet said lots of pneumonia this year. Haven't lost any but am injecting a lot with hexasol.

    I usually give them 5ml of Penn and strep and that clears them up. If not then the vet is called


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    Base price
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    I am not rearing many calves this year but thankfully all of ours are ok. They were indoors until today in well ventilated sheds with good bedding. I let them out today at 11am for the first time and will bring them back into the sheds shortly. They all have been vaccinated with Rispoval.
    Cough could be due to dusty hay/straw or meal?


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    sucklerlover
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    I usually give them 5ml of Penn and strep and that clears them up. If not then the vet is called

    Thanks for that tip.ill try that and see how it goes.


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    Reggie.
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    sucklerlover wrote: »
    Thanks for that tip.ill try that and see how it goes.

    If the cough is a deep chesty cough it's possible early signs of pneumonia so act fast. A slight dry cough might just be dry hay and the likes but if it's a simple infection the injection should clear it up


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    sucklerlover wrote: »
    Just wondering does any notice there calves are coughing more this year. I've mine vaccinated bout have a nasty dry cough.vet said lots of pneumonia this year. Haven't lost any but am injecting a lot with hexasol.
    PM sent


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    TUBBY
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    Base price wrote: »
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    am having same prob. Calf 4 months old with me a month. Eating bit of meal and plenty of grass. Bit dead in herself today and lying a lot. Dry aul cough but no snot and no panting. What ye reckon.

    Just hoose? As done when she arrived.


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    Reggie.
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    TUBBY wrote: »
    am having same prob. Calf 4 months old with me a month. Eating bit of meal and plenty of grass. Bit dead in herself today and lying a lot. Dry aul cough but no snot and no panting. What ye reckon.

    Just hoose? As done when she arrived.

    Try hay. Auld lads here reckon it dislodges the worm off the throat. Can lead to pneumonia tho. Had a case if it one year


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    greysides
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    No Hoose at this time of the year.

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    Reggie.
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    greysides wrote: »
    No Hoose at this time of the year.

    More of a summer issue is it?


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    greysides
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    More of a summer issue is it?

    Summer/Autumn.

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

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    Base price
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    More of a summer issue is it?
    I think that it depends on ground conditions and weather. Around here in Longford where the ground is considered wet then hoose pneumonia can occur anytime during the summer months.
    On the flip side in my place in NCD where the ground is dry, it is a rear occurrence even during a wet spring/summer.
    A lot also depends on the worming regime of the stockowner vis a vie their land conditions.


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