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Garlic is a natural antibiotic. A friend of mine gives her cows garlic for mastitis and she swears by it. I gave him another clove this morning. Good news now... I just went out and force fed him a bottle with a cup of my own electrolyte mix (milk, raw honey, sea salt, baking soda) with kelp...

Hello All, By late afternoon calf was up and nursing and I ended the day by giving him his fourth 1/2 clove of garlic. I went out this morning and could see that he had been up at one point but was laying down again. He is getting nourshment still because his feces though runny has substance...

I agree about the cocci coming in older calves as I think it needs time for the infestation cycle to be this bad. He was up and around on his own this morn but as he began with the runs again he has progressively gotten worse. He has taken some nourishment from his mother as the runs had...

Thank you so much for the information. I did run across the possibility of coccidiosis. Does that sound like it might be a match to anyone? Anyone treat this successfully with drugs? Anyone treat it successfully with a natural anti-parasitic? thank you all for your time

Hello there, I have 9 day old hereford bull calf whose temp is 103.8 (down from 105F) and is passing clotted blood. He is laying down in normal position. Gums extremely pale, rapid pulse. He will get up and move around when I make him. The clotted blood/ signs of infection have me stumped...