Calf getting Seizures

MeheeHohee

Have a calf about 3 months old that gets fits, where he falls down and starts spasming, stops for about 30 seconds like hes dead and then gets up and goes sucking his mother happy out. I first spotted it about a month ago and have seen it 4/5 times since. Rang the vet who recons it's something in the brain that will eventually kill him, bit disappointing as hes a nice PB bull.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
I seen articles online about calves with similar symptoms and it was nervous coccidiosis which is curable.

Any info appreciated, thanks

RD10

MeheeHohee wrote: »

Have a calf about 3 months old that gets fits, where he falls down and starts spasming, stops for about 30 seconds like hes dead and then gets up and goes sucking his mother happy out. I first spotted it about a month ago and have seen it 4/5 times since. Rang the vet who recons it's something in the brain that will eventually kill him, bit disappointing as hes a nice PB bull.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
I seen articles online about calves with similar symptoms and it was nervous coccidiosis which is curable.

Any info appreciated, thanks

Had a calf years ago. Happened to be out in the same field at the time working away when it happened. Completely out of the blue this calf (only about a week or two old) reared up on his back legs and fell back onto his back, kind of like it was having a seizure at same time. Calf died after a few hours. Ended up the vet said it was meningitus. He only got the one seizure though.
With the help of god your calf will get over it.

Freejin

MeheeHohee wrote: »

Have a calf about 3 months old that gets fits, where he falls down and starts spasming, stops for about 30 seconds like hes dead and then gets up and goes sucking his mother happy out. I first spotted it about a month ago and have seen it 4/5 times since. Rang the vet who recons it's something in the brain that will eventually kill him, bit disappointing as hes a nice PB bull.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
I seen articles online about calves with similar symptoms and it was nervous coccidiosis which is curable.

Any info appreciated, thanks

Had a calf similar two years ago, thought she was gone a few times.....she calved at 24 months a few weeks ago

MeheeHohee

Got an injection from another vet today for him, not entirely sure what it was, 25cc into the muscle. We obviously wound him up when we went into him coz he had a seizure, we injected him and he layer flat out stiff for over a minute and I thought it had finally taken him. Low and behold he got up again as if nothing had happened. It seems to be dress related so I think I will have to keep him in the house for the year as I can't imagine letting him course around the fields would end well

whelan2

Had one a few years ago. Seizures became more regular. It was also a purebred. Cow would go crazy when they happened. Calf was dead one morning when we went out. Vet had been with her a few times