Brown powder

edward901

What is the name of the brown powder that is used on weanlings that are coughing?I know that you add it to the water in the trough.What is the dose rate? Thanks for any help.

whelan2

Ctc powder. Consult your vet

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Ctc powder. Consult your vet

I'd imagine it's not accurate enough to just put it in a water trough, first calf to drink would never have a cough again and the last one would be lucky to get any of the CTC.
Doesn't make sense

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

I'd imagine it's not accurate enough to just put it in a water trough, first calf to drink would never have a cough again and the last one would be lucky to get any of the CTC.
Doesn't make sense

Have never heard of one for water. I put the ctc powder on top of silage. That's why I sid to consult his vet

edward901

You might be right about putting the powder on top of the silage. I used the powder years ago but I couldn't remember how I gave it to the animals. I might have taken up the vet wrong today when he was with me. I have a weanling at the moment which has pneumonia.He suggested that I use the brown powder on the remainder of the group.Thanks for your help.

Mooooo

Better to put on the meal so they'll all get a bit

ganmo

Op might be on about an eucyloptis additive.

jfh

ganmo wrote: »

Op might be on about an eucyloptis additive.

Yeah the ctc powder isn't brown and goes on meal.
It's yellow in colour

Cavanjack

The problem is when You are putting in on feed or silage if there is an animal off form (and he is the one that needs it) he might be slow to eat and eat less so he might not get enough of it. Better to treat individually with an antibiotic if he has pneumonia IMO

ganmo

Cavanjack wrote: »

The problem is when You are putting in on feed or silage if there is an animal off form (and he is the one that needs it) he might be slow to eat and eat less so he might not get enough of it. Better to treat individually with an antibiotic if he has pneumonia IMO

Ya the eucalyptus stuff if more preventative than a cure

edward901

I am treating the pneumonia animal separately with antibiotics. The powder will be used on the remaining animals who are not that sick. They were in the same span of the shed.

valtra2

Herion

whelan2

Apologies someone opened the bag upside down

wiggy123

great stuff--sprinkle on the silage/feed

The man in red and black

Just be careful to use enough. Follow the dosage instructions carefully. Not a huge fan of powders on feed as the minute one gets a bit sick they drop off feed. See alot of guys using 1kg for 70 weanlings, that might as well be homeopathy but with the added risk of creating antibiotic resistance. Using too little is like trying to use it as a growth promoter.

SuperTeeJay

Best to feed it on meal.Takes a day or 2 for them to get used to the taste of ctc.they dont notice it then.Ctc chloromed is the one that disolves in milk.