When's calving starting 2022

All red too.

must be the bulls way of saying to replace him.

Hi,

Any advice welcome.

Lost calf to Rotavirus today (brought scour sample to vet on Mon, dead Thur). Had vet out Wed also and gave fluids into vein. 3 other calves they were in same pen before I got to separate the dead one on Mon and also picked it up. Have them isolated, all sheds disinfected where they were etc…

But they are showing exact same symptoms – hoping they not ending same way!

I am giving electrolytes to these 3 (mostly stomach tube as they not sucking bottle) – they are still with their cows but not sucking great. May need to milk from cows and try and get this into them also?

Under heat lamps (temps are low on them also). The scour is running out of them, nearly cleaning the bedding hourly at this stage! Any other ideas?

My understanding its viral, so antibiotics don’t help…just keep them warm & hydrated and hope they overcome it?

 I got vaccination to do the rest of the cows to calve that are 3-12 weeks out and next year will be the full herd.

Had similar in 2016, a mix of rota and crypto. Horrible stuff. Was not vaccinating.

If you can, try to avoid putting any more young calves into that shed for this year. Even with disinfection, it can still linger. Loads of bedding in calving pens and clean out, power hose and disinfect. Steam clean if you can. Keep the cow as clean up to calving can help

I moved my Sucklers to calve in April and outdoors after it.

Remember it stays outside the door and look after your welbeing.

I find synulox scour tablets good. If they are dehydrated I tube 3 litres of electrolytes into them as many times a day as they need it. They shouldn't die with rotavirus if you keep them hydrated

Have an absolutely wicked cow at the minute and calf is not sucking and just totally dangerous to get calf out to feed him.

anyone ever try/recommend any sort of sedative for a cow. Don’t want to knock her out as need her standing so I can try get calf to suck.

when I had a problem before like that- crush gate and tie up a hind leg and get the calf sucking that way.

are you sure the calf is not sucking?

You’re 100% right. Not worth the hassle or worry if she attached.

All of the above, use the calving gate, her leg tied back and someone to keep the hip bone pressed back to prevent her trying to kick with the tied leg. Get an anti kick bar if you don't have someone to keep the hip pressed.

Years ago we used to have half bred dairy cows with lots of milk so we would double suckle the cows, the odd one would be kicker at the start, we use to tie up one of the front feet, usually the side the "adopted" calf was on. It always controlled them and they wouldn't kick then, I always found it easier to tie up a front foot that risk getting flaked out of it with a flying back foot trying to tie it. As for your cow Dunedin I would guess she will settle enough to rear her calf for the year and then show her the gate. If you think she wouldn't suckler bred calves are a flying trade in the mart, once the calf is over 10 day.

Thanks for all the advice. I am giving synulox tablets, tubing Lectade & milk and they seem to be not getting worse.

Re: the lamp v jacket - I have a creep gate into a small corner well bedded and warm, surrounded square bales - cow cant get in but calves go out to suck and come back in under the lamp themselves. I had jacket on lad that died...it was some mess - might have been too big but there was some bang of scour of it and he had it covered in it as he wasn't standing.

Not really calving related but is it risky giving an incalf cow antibiotics? Due in march and has abscess in foot

I will ring vet in morning but just wondering if anyone went through something similar

That's great, typical when you'd be about to give up or try the shot that they would be sucking

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