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None. If there was a certain forage that will make a calf sick, it wouldn't be called forage, but rather a weed or simply a plant. Forage, by definition, is herbage that is grown and harvested for livestock to eat.
However, it is the anti-quality factors that are present in some forages that can make a calf sick. Alfalfa and clover, for instance, contain high protein and low fibre contents that can make a calf bloat. Tall fescue contains endophyte fungus that can cause Fescue Toxicity. Forages that are subject to sudden freezing or heat can develop nitrates causing Nitrate Toxicity. But the most common anti-quality factor to watch out for in calves is bloat.
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What to give a sick baby calf that suddenly stop eating?
Please check with your local large animal veterinarian for details on what's best to give the calf. You didn't give enough symptoms or details of the calf's condition to get any relevant answers, since there are over a 100 things than can make a calf suddenly stop eating and make it sick.
How does flesh of a calf change as it gets older?
Muscle fibers in a calf grow in size and lengthen as the bones grow and develop. What a calf eats also determines the fleshing ability of a calf; a calf that is fed good quality milk and good forage is one that is more fatter, or has internal fat in with the muscle tissue as well as some external adipose tissue. Such a calf also tends to grow bigger than one that has been fed low quality forage and hasn't had much or very good quality milk. Such a calf tends to be thinner, leaner, and more ranky than a "soggy" calf.
How do you treat a sick calf?
go to a vet
Why wean a calf?
Because it's less work to have a calf-turned adult cow, bull, steer or heifer, forage on its own than to give it milk every day. Besides, the cow that is close to calving can't afford to have milk for both her older offspring and her new calf, so the older calf has to be weaned.
How do you make a sentence with the word forage?
If we remain quiet, the fawn will continue to forage. It is obvious that some animal has been using my garden for forage.
What types of antibiotics do you give a sick calf?
Please go see your veterinarian for a proper diagnosis and to determine what--let alone IF--antibiotics need to be administered to a sick calf. Chances are the calf does not need antibiotics at all, just electrolytes if it's scouring, a deworming product if it has worms, or an injection of a certain mineral if the calf is deficient in certain minerals.
What causes a calf to get sick?
There are all sorts of things that can cause a calf to get sick: - Poor immunity (from poor quality colostrum, or failure to vaccinate cows prior to birthing) - Bacteria - Viruses - Fungi - Cold and wet conditions - etc.
Make a sentence out of calf?
The cow gave birth to a small male calf. We called the calf Sunday.
When does a beef calf have a functional rumen?
A calf's rumen starts growing after the calf is born, and often has a fully functional rumen by the time he's around 3 months of age. By this time, he's about as dependent on his dam's milk supply as he is on the forage that his dam is or has taught him to eat. Milk production (as a way of weaning him) decreases by the time he's 3 months of age, and by the time he gets weaned, which is around 6 to 10 months of age, milk is in low supply and he's eating more forage than suckling from his dam.
What is wrong with a 400 calf that makes a wheezing noise but look like he isn't sick?
The two differential diagnoses that come to mind are calf diptheria or chronic pneumonia. However, your veterinarian will have to take a look at the calf to see what may be going on.
What is a person who searches for lost calves?
Someone who is stupid of foolish enough to love to interfere with the normalcy of what is Nature and natural for cows to hide their babies while they go off to forage on their own!! A cow knows where her calf is and purposely "loses" her calf so that she can have some time to herself. If you find a "lost" calf, leave it alone. Good intentions often result in terrible consequences, like the death of the calf you tried to "save."
When do you wean calves off calf starter?
You will want to wean at about 5 months of age, be sure to gradually wean the calf, start mixing more water than starter until they are drinking just water, you can do this for about a week or even two. Be sure that the calf is eating forage and start feeding it a calf starter grain (if you haven't already) it is going to need more proteins than calves raised by their mothers.
