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Advice for sick calf

  • 19-04-2016 10:07pm
    #1
    Sugarbowl
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    I've a 2 week old calf who was very sick with scour last week and was finally put on a drip for 24 hours which saved him. The scour has dried up and he is sucking the cow fine again but is still a bit off form or lacking energy. Anybody have any good ideas to get him going? Should I still be feeding lectate during the day as well? Any suggestions welcome!


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  • #2
    Milked out
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    Sugarbowl wrote: »
    I've a 2 week old calf who was very sick with scour last week and was finally put on a drip for 24 hours which saved him. The scour has dried up and he is sucking the cow fine again but is still a bit off form or lacking energy. Anybody have any good ideas to get him going? Should I still be feeding lectate during the day as well? Any suggestions welcome!

    Effydral is good for rehydration and preventing acidosis so if you could give him that twice a day it may help. It's a tablet dissolved in a litre of water so shouldn't suppress the appetite for milk. Theres this stuff called bimasdat or something that cousins with sucklers find good, not sure on spelling but the vet would know it may be handier for ya it's just a dose back the throat a few days. Other than that make sure she is actually getting milk when she is suckling as sometimes they may look like they are drinking but they may actually be taking in feck all as they may still be weak


  • #3
    greysides
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    It seems to me that the Effydral is a good suggestion.

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  • #4
    whelan2
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    Effydral and a shot of multivitamin


  • #5
    annubis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭annubis


    Sugarbowl wrote: »
    I've a 2 week old calf who was very sick with scour last week and was finally put on a drip for 24 hours which saved him. The scour has dried up and he is sucking the cow fine again but is still a bit off form or lacking energy. Anybody have any good ideas to get him going? Should I still be feeding lectate during the day as well? Any suggestions welcome!
    whats his dung like, if its white pasty stuff he might have touch of acidosis, its makes calves very lethargic


  • #6
    Sugarbowl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Sugarbowl


    Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone - I suppose he needs more hydration still besides the milk as he's very lazy. Will get some more into him today.


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  • #7
    FineFilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭FineFilly


    Had a sick calf last week was giving boviferm plus every 2hours,by syringe, looked as if calf was sucking cow but she was very weak and getting very little into her


  • #8
    Sugarbowl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Sugarbowl


    He had a temp of 104 today so got a bunch of stuff from the vets.... Norodine injection/Rehydion gel/ and more lectate. Watery scour after starting up again. Bought a natural yogurt this evening, hopefully it will do him some good. Have another bull calf who is not looking much better. It's an awful dose thats going around!


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