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Bullock with watery scour

  • 12-12-2017 12:36pm
    #1
    dryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭


    As above...

    noticed him about 4 weeks back after housing.
    dosed immediately with levafas diamond and a normectin injection.
    showed some signs of improvement but after 2/3 weeks, back to the watery stuff.

    Gave him another shot of Levafas Diamond at the weekend.
    Just wondering if there is anything else that i could give him to boost him along?

    He shows no signs of illness.
    good appetite. eating silage, meal, cudding, and looks lively - but can notice that he is not thriving like the others.


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  • #2
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Would you get his dung tested? No point throwing products at an animal if it's not doing much except wasting you money :)


  • #3
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,273 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    have a read through this thread

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057812926


    I'm not sure that LD covers type 2 ostertagia , which would be a cause of winter scours


  • #4
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Noromectin would have covered worms adequately but Levafas Diamond isn't much of a fluke dose. It only gets adults which would be 10-12 weeks or longer in the animal. It might have given temporary relief though. If you get another period of relief it does kinda point towards fluke but you need to revise your fluke control programme.
    Rumen fluke larvae (the pathogenic age group) that might have survived the first LD dose would now be more adult and therefore less likely to be causing problems this time.
    If this last dose doesn''t solve your problem you would need to talk to your vet. Ask him for fluke dosing advice anyway.

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