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Scours can be caused by anything: pnuemonia, BVD, cold weather stress, etc. A general antibiotic and electrolytes may be the only way to help treat a calf with scours. But see your vet for advice first.
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How do you treat a eight day old calf with free flow blood for its scours?
It is highly recommended to get in contact with a veterinarian about this immediately otherwise you may soon have a dead calf on your hands.
How long can a calf be fed electrolytes?
A couple days until the scours clear up.
How do you treat a dairy baby calf?
You treat according to what illness the calf has. You can't treat a calf just to treat a calf, there has to be a reason you're treating it.
Can you feed electrolytes and milk re-placer to a baby calf in the same day?
No. Should be either or. Electrolytes if calf has scours, milk replacer if it's healthy.
What could affect a calf life if not reared properly?
Scours which is diarrhea that causes dehydration and if not corrected with medication can cause a fast death. Scours can attract worms so again meds. Pneumonia especially in the winter time. If not raised properly, or malnourished, they will die or be infertile, not grow right.
What will happen to a calf bit by a copperhead?
If no efforts are done to treat the calf immediately, it will die.
How do you treat a sick calf?
go to a vet
How do people kill babies?
Negligence, ignorance, uneducated-ness, and good intentions with bad consequences. Situations include over-feeding milk replacer causing scours, not knowing how or when to treat scours, taking an "abandoned" calf away from momma and bottle feeding it skim milk or similar pasteurized milk, ignorance of a certain calf's decreasing condition, and many other things. Dairy calves that are around three to four months of age that are not used for dairy production (bull calves and freemartins) are killed via cap-bolt gun for veal, just like with other cattle being killed for beef.
How do people kill baby cows?
Negligence, ignorance, uneducated-ness, and good intentions with bad consequences. Situations include over-feeding milk replacer causing scours, not knowing how or when to treat scours, taking an "abandoned" calf away from momma and bottle feeding it skim milk or similar pasteurized milk, ignorance of a certain calf's decreasing condition, and many other things. Dairy calves that are around three to four months of age that are not used for dairy production (bull calves and freemartins) are killed via cap-bolt gun for veal, just like with other cattle being killed for beef.
How often to drench young cattle?
Calves only need to be drenched if they are needing it, like if they have severe scours or are too sick to eat. You will need to drench them as often as what the instructions say on the label of the formula you are drenching the calf with.
How can I treat a calf injury sustained while running?
You can treat your calf injury with plenty of rest , stretching of the muscle and be sure to ice it regularly. Depending on the severity of your injury it might be best to consult with your physician.
Feeder pig with the runs you have giving it pencillin for 4 days what do you do?
You should give it some tylan this is an antibiotic used to treat scours. Follow directions on the label for dosage.
