Cattle Health

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.

Because this is the side that their stomach is located on.

Depends on what you're operation requires. Often vaccinations for things like Clostridia (9-way), Lepto (5-way), IBR/BRDV, selenium (for those areas that are Selenium deficient), Scours prevention, and Vibrosis are necessary. Talk to your vet for a proper health assessment for your pregnant cows.

yep, thes stay blind for two weeks after being born and even after a few weeks they can only focus at one thin at one time, like you hair of you eyes yep, they stay blind for two weeks after being born and even after a few weeks they can only focus at one thin at one time, like you hair of you eyes

TB affects the digestive system which makes animals eat less and gain less. TB can also affect the lungs, reproductive organs, lymph nodes, and central nervous system. The cost of treatment of TB in cattle is too costly and impractical, plus TB is very contagious so animals must be quarantined. All cattle that are tested positive for Tuberculosis and any other animals that came in contact with that TB-positive animal either directly or indirectly must all be humanely euthanized. Usually this involves having the WHOLE herd euthanized. That is why TB is a huge problem.

The average pulse rate is 40 to 70 beats per minute, with respiration being 10 to 30 breaths per minute for beef cows and 18 to 28 breaths per minute for dairy cows.

This is a question that you need to ask your own veterinarian, because so much depends on the size and breed of the heifer as well as the size, age and breed of the bull. If the heifer is a large, healthy continental breed and the bull a small, easy-calving breed, her age should not be a problem and she will probably calve perfectly well. But this is one instance where a reply given over the internet is not specific enough for your own circumstances, so please consult your vet.

The birth rate for cows, specifically for dairy and beef cattle, typically ranges from 80 to 90 calves per 100 cows per year, depending on management practices. The death rate is generally low, around 2-5% annually for healthy herds, though it can be higher in less optimal conditions. Factors such as breed, nutrition, and healthcare significantly influence these rates.

mad cow? time to call a vet? if this is a fun question, then good luck finding a farmer if this is a REAL question, call the vet asap.

Scours is diarrhea in calves, often caused by a bacterial infection from bacterial species like E. coli. But there are a number of causes of diarrhea in calves, from being exposed to a cold, wet environment, to lack of adequate antibodies in their mother's colostrum, to being exposed to too much soil bacteria.

Yes. Interestingly, this is a good example of how dairy cows come back into heat sooner than beef cows. Dairy cows that do not have a calf suckling on them (even though they are producing more than twice the amount of milk), actually come back into heat sooner than beef cows. Research has shown that this is because the calf actually inhibits ovulation. If calves are taken off their dams early, (like, 30 to 60 days after birth), the cows will almost always resume cycling much more quickly than if they were raising a calf.

All in all, the simple explanation to the question above is this: A cow that gives birth to a stillborn calf (or has aborted early, or has been weaned early) comes back into heat quicker because partly she's not being suckled, and partly because she will dry up (if she isn't made into a surrogate mother for an orphaned calf), resulting in the decreased drain of energy reserves on her body. Hence, she can put those reserves into returning to her normal estrous cycle instead of growing a calf.

NO, it is NOT contagious. Mastitis is not a disease that is spread around by direct or indirect contact. It's an infection of the udder that is caused by bacteria entering the teat canal into the cavity of one or more quarters of the udder, or by injury when a full udder is bumped and bruised excessively. It cannot be spread from cow to cow like other illnesses can. Mastitis is not caused by a pathogen that spreads through contact from other cows or through other vectors like flies, airborne, or feed equipment. That is why cows with mastitis are not quarantined, because it is not necessary to quarantine them, particularly milk cows. Beef cows may need to be quarantined to have their infected quarter(s) milked out twice a day, but it is not because the illness is contagious.

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A newborn calf should have colostrum as soon as it is born, because it contains antibodies and immunoglobins that are crucial to the calf's health and immunity to the mass of bacteria and viruses floating around that could make a calf sick. There is a 90% chance that the calf will not survive if he does not get colostrum soon after birth. A calf also relies on milk for the next 3 to 6 months since his stomach isn't developed enough to live off of grass and hay alone.

Other slightly lesser important things include a shot of vitamin A, D, and E, and Selenium (only if the area is Se-deficient), and other vitamins and minerals that may be needed. Later on, when the calf is around 8 to 16 weeks of age, an 8- or 9-way clostridium vaccine should be given, and when the calf's around 6 months of age, a vaccination of IBR/BVD. You should have vaccinated the cow prior to her giving birth so that you don't have to vaccinate the calf, as often it's cheaper and better to vaccinate the cow a few months before she gives birth.

Yes. Most creatures can be infected with mites which can cause mange. In dogs this mite is called Sarcoptes sacbei.

it depends on the type of Mastitis if it is the worst kind toxic mastitis then yes but there are many other types of Mastitis that are not deadly there are also many types of treatments that you could get to help a cow get over its Mastitis

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.

Trichomoniasis is confirmed via a polymerase chain reaction test or three positive culture tests. Samples are taken from a scraping from either the cow's vagina or inside the bull's preputial sheath.

Please be more specific. There are many different sicknesses a calf can get, and just as many different ways to treat them. It helps to provide symptoms before anyone can give you a recommendation of what to treat them with.

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Yes.