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Calf drooling

  • 03-04-2021 2:54pm
    #1
    patsy_mccabe
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    Noticed a 5 week old calf drooling here the last few days. He's in good form otherwise. It seems to hurt him when he drinks. I caught him today and under his tongue has a yellow scabby type buildup. It looks like a build up of dry powder milk, for want of a better description. He's a suckler so cant be that.

    Could it be timbertongue? I sprayed under his tongue with iodine. It seem to coincide with, when I started feeding meal to him.

    I hope its not diphtheria, I lost a calf already this year with it.


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  • #2
    K.G.
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,360 Mod ✭✭✭✭K.G.


    Without seeing it i think it is diphtheria. We have a good bit here but dosent seem to.affect them


  • #3
    patsy_mccabe
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    Fook. Is there a disinfectant that would kill it?

    How do you treat the calves?


  • #4
    Morris Moss
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Fook. Is there a disinfectant that would kill it?

    How do you treat the calves?

    With Diphtheria calves generally have a swelling on the jaw, 4 or 5ml of pen strep for 3 days is what works here.


  • #5
    whelan2
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    Pen strep for 5 to 7 days should sort it


  • #6
    grassroot1
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Noticed a 5 week old calf drooling here the last few days. He's in good form otherwise. It seems to hurt him when he drinks. I caught him today and under his tongue has a yellow scabby type buildup. It looks like a build up of dry powder milk, for want of a better description. He's a suckler so cant be that.

    Could it be timbertongue? I sprayed under his tongue with iodine. It seem to coincide with, when I started feeding meal to him.

    I hope its not diphtheria, I lost a calf already this year with it.

    Sounds like it, started getting it here the year before last dont know what triggered it here


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