One of my neighbors here runs about 50 cows and have been having problems. Started with 2 or 3 showing woody tongue symptoms...after a few days they had about a dozen or so with symptoms...and after a few more days it progressed to about 40 or more showing symptoms. They've lost one cow and had another abort, in roughly the same time frame.
With the rapid spread of this, I advised them to get a Vet on scene ASAP. The first vet they tried, wouldn't return their calls. The second vet they tried advised them to doctor the cows with penicillin. They did as he suggested, a few cows have started to recover but the majority have shown no improvement. They're in the process of getting a third vet's opinion.
Any suggestions & replies would be appreciated.
Thanks