Sick Bullock, Thoughts?

amacca

Vet calling over tomorrow but just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this.

About 15 month old bullock (shorthorn dairy cross), moving slowly, lying down away from his grazing group, wet arse on him, straining to pass dung and passing small amounts at a time (fairly dark coloured and fairly soft but not much different from the rest of them but they are grand) he seems discontented (lots of tail swishing and generally looking a bit distressed or in discomfort....stands up then lies down a short time later etc)

No blood that I can see though (On the rare occasion Ive had one pass a small bit of blood some sulpha powder etc cleared it right up but this seems different)

They are grazing nice green grass, fairly lush, maybe a little too far grown (about 6/8 inches) .....would it bee too lush for this lad?...bit of hay might help?

He's not swollen from a blockage/bloat and its not proper diahorrea/scour imo but he's definitely not happy.......have the occasional problem but this one is new to me...........I found a bunch of elderberries out the field but my dad started laughing when I was wondering if he gorged on them or something...

Struggling to figure out what this lad picked up that the other 29 didn't.

patsy_mccabe

2 things I would suspect - Coccidiosis and stomach fluke. Is there a bad smell off the scour?

amacca

Didn't notice any odour at all tbh....though my sense of smell is not great. Nothing like the smell that comes off a calf scour anyway and I can definitely smell that.

Attie

Take dung sample give to vet tomorrow to test.
Is he thriving or been thriving have you him long.

Floki

I'd say the vet will stick a magnet down the gob just to be sure in case the animal swallowed a bit of wire.

amacca

Attie wrote: »

Take dung sample give to vet tomorrow to test.
Is he thriving or been thriving have you him long.

Ive had him from a calf, been doing fine all summer, nothing spectacular (he is a dairy cross after all) he has been thriving up to now....noticed it yesterday...he was grand on Thursday....his arse is filled out for a dairy animal....no signs of weight loss yet even though he's no continental.

blue5000

MOD NOTE; Your vet tomorrow should be able to sort this for you, we, on an internet forum can't really give you veterinary advice. I'm closing this until you, OP get back to me after your vet has diagnosed the problem. Thread closed for now.