milkmaid
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I'd be asking the vet to take blood and/or tissue samples, maybe CSF samples too. Listeria, lead poisoning, encephalitis, other toxicities in utero (minerals, plants, etc), bacterial or viral causes in utero (BVD, neospora, IBR, etc), immune system diseases (autoimmune or hypersensitivity), etc... are all calves by the same bull? out of heifers or out of older cows? dams related? anything unusual about their birth (ie, backwards, cold night, full moon, and they had no colostrum)?
There's a vet school in MN isn't there? might give them a call. The one in WA has a field investigation unit that will come out to the ranch.
There's a vet school in MN isn't there? might give them a call. The one in WA has a field investigation unit that will come out to the ranch.