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Silver

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The heifer that was down for about 10 days due to calving injury decided that laying on a straw pile and having feed and water hand delivered wasn't good enough so got up and walked the 1/2 mile up hill to the feed ground to be with the pairs and compete for food.
And the two blind calves we've been messing with seem to have their sight back. Turns out there are things penicillin and Nuflor aren't the answer for. Apparently, according to the vet, their molecular structure is big enough that they can't get to some hard to get at areas of infection. A few shots of Triveteran and the big white spots in the middle of their eyes shrank down significantly and now they appear to have the gift of sight. I guess the infections probably entered through the navel (although the navels weren't infected) and traveled into the eyes. First time I'd seen that.
 
hillsdown said:
IBR or BVD, have you ear notched your dams ?
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According to vet it didn't present as either, just an infection entered through the naval.
 
I had 2 calves go blind at day 4 , Neither could find a tit on their own from the get go . Cows are in very good shape . We think its lack of Vit A had a long hard winter . Never had this before still puzzled .
 
Good for you Silver. We had a calf coming with a leg back this morning that I must have missed at 2 this morning. Dead. You win some and lose some.
A twin born the night before will take it's place.
 
lefty said:
I had 2 calves go blind at day 4 , Neither could find a tit on their own from the get go . Cows are in very good shape . We think its lack of Vit A had a long hard winter . Never had this before still puzzled .
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These calves were a few days old when it happened too, but could find a tit on their own at first. If it was vit A there should be other symptoms like a dished out forehead, large joints, and a few other things I can't recall but other folks on here probably are up on.
 
gcreekrch said:
Good for you Silver. We had a calf coming with a leg back this morning that I must have missed at 2 this morning. Dead. You win some and lose some.
A twin born the night before will take it's place.
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If you need a couple more bummers for grafting just let me know! I seem to have some extras :?
 
We had the dam and grand dam of our blind one tested as they were not our own and did not know about vaccines they had. Both tested negative . Never thought about treating with antibiotics because he showed no signs of being sick, now you have me wondering. Trivetrin is a great drug to have on hand .

Congrats on getting them cured , that is great news . :D
 

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