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Injecting breeding bull

  • 16-05-2020 12:05pm
    #1
    morclc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭


    Looking for advice. Our angus bull serving the cows is breathing heavily. We left him out of the shed last week. Should he be injected with something like hexasol or alamycin or will it affect his fertility? Thanks


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  • #2
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,334 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    morclc wrote: »
    Looking for advice. Our angus bull serving the cows is breathing heavily. We left him out of the shed last week. Should he be injected with something like hexasol or alamycin or will it affect his fertility? Thanks

    If he has a high temperature it could affect his fertility for six weeks, people mistakenly think it's the antibiotic that makes them infertile


  • #3
    cute geoge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    my bull has a persistent cough he is bulling my few but he spends enough time sleeping as well ,would ivormec injection be any good for him


  • #4
    whelan2
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    cute geoge wrote: »
    my bull has a persistent cough he is bulling my few but he spends enough time sleeping as well ,would ivormec injection be any good for him

    I'd get ths vet. I was talking to my neighbour this morning and his bull died. He thought a dose would fix him but vet came out and it was his heart.


  • #5
    The man in red and black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭The man in red and black


    Sick or lame bulls this time of year should be treated as an emergency. Any illness can affect fertility especially a fever. Back-up bulls or teams of bulls rotating to minimize the risk of one bull getting injured or becoming infertile. As calving patterns become tighter and tighter the window for a sick bull to recover in the breeding season becomes almost non-existent. Lame bulls often best to the factory if sound enough to travel(Obviously cannot travel a bull on 3 legs or severely lame) as generally not enough time to recover that season.


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