Cattle Health

Joint ill in calves is a disease that stems from an infected navel, with the infection spreading to the joints of the calf, making them more swollen than usual.

Make sure your animals are not lacking in the nutritional component--i.e., provide them salt and mineral 24/7/365 and supplement if/when necessary--and if the prolapse is vagainal/cervical, cull out all females that have that or are genetically predisposed to having it--for example, if you have a cow that has had a vaginal prolapse, cull her and her daughters.

Think about what a hernia is. What could happen if she did? Would this be safe? Why is this cow being breed? Are you going to eat her? Raise the calf to eat? For breeding stock? Why would you breed a cow that might pass on a tendency to have weak guts and pass that weakness on to the next generation? If you must have the vet fix it. Otherwise cull her out. No it is not safe. Find her a new home, down the road or in the freezer.

Get the veterinarian out immediately. The rectal prolapse in your bull calf could merely be a symptom of something more serious that needs to be addressed right away.

It sounds like you might have a sick cow. They typically don't need help getting up, even during the day, unless they're stuck in something. You can try to honk your horn on your truck or tractor, you can attempt to feed them a bucket of grain or fresh hay to lure them up, if that doesn't work you need to call your vet.

It is odd that this kind of question is even asked. It sounds as if you are either only expecting a cow to get up during the day and assume they are sleeping all the time at night, or, as mentioned above, the animal cannot or will not get up at all. The thing you need to realize is that cows are not like human where they are asleep all night and up during the day. A cow is up and about even at night when you are asleep in bed. So, if you can't get her up at all, something indeed is very wrong. And it also depends on how long this has been going on for. The best thing to do in this case is to go see your veterinarian and see what is wrong with her and what can be done. Just remember: the worst case scenario is the possibility that she may need to be euthanized.

Cydectin pour-on is safe to be given to newborn calves. Please see the related link below for more.

They aren't. Harmonies don't make cattle fatter nor fatten them up.

All sorts of things, from excess moisture causing softening of the hoof, corns in the hoof, a foreign object getting into the hoof, foot rot, founder from a grain-based diet, injury, etc. Get your veterinarian to get a proper diagnosis to find why your cow's lameness.

She is not standing, eating or drinking because she is ill. Get a vet or put her down.

You can put food and water in front of her and get her to drink that way. But definitely get a vet out to see why she's a downer cow and to see if there's a way to save her before putting her down.

Poor body condition (on a scale of 1 to 9, a BCS of 4 or less) will lengthen the anestrus period of that cow. In other words, she will take longer to come back into heat and thus be ready to breed if she were too thin than in normal body condition.

In general, poor body condition can cause anoestrus (anestrus in American English spelling). Anoestrus is an absence of the normal reproductive cycle typically associated with seasonal changes. However, a cow that does not have sufficient body reserves to support a pregnancy may go into anoestrus to prevent further strain on limited resources.

Get a veterinarian out as soon as possible. No cow magnet is going to prevent glass from puncturing the animal's insides.

Keep an eye on the cow - if she starts getting sick (running a fever, off feed, dehydrated or decreased milk production) call your veterinarian immediately and tell him the placenta may be retained. Otherwise, some cows take up to 7 days to completely clear the placenta. The important part is don't pull on the placenta hanging out of the vulva. Ripping the placenta makes it more likely a piece will end up left inside where it will rot and cause infection and problems.

There are many products that contain Ivermectin for cattle, so it really depends on what product you use: Ivomec, Ivermec, Megamectin, Noromectin, etc.

Clinical signs of an abomasal torsion or volvulus include decreased milk production, decreased feed intake, self-segregation from the herd, dehydration and signs of pain including increased duration of recumbency and vocalization. In addition, these cows will often not ruminate.

To determine what type of flip is present (left or right), you can place a stethoscope over the cranial abdomen (which is actually inside the caudal half of the cow's rib cage) and flick or thump your finger against the cow's side. If both your stethoscope and the location you are thumping are over the twisted stomach, you will hear a characterstic "ping" noise similar to a dodge ball hitting a concrete floor.

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slobber, coughing

, not eating

A broad spectrum antibiotic like la-200 or biomycin. These are injectables. You could also give the calf an antibiotic bolus instead of the injectable antibiotic. Also spray the navel with gentle iodine.

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I believe it would be the opposite; thinner cows carry their calves longer than cows with more condition on them. It also has to do with breed as well, since gestation length is heritable. But the main thing is that a thin cow does not have as much body reserves for the calf to, essentially, "feed" off of than a normal-conditioned cow does. As a result, calving difficulty is much higher, and post-calving weaning weights are a bit lower than from a normal conditioned cow.

Please go see your veterinarian about this. You won't get a straight-forward answer from this site since vaccination costs differ for every region, state/province and country.

It is a means of measuring the amount of fat that cattle are carrying to determine health, fertility, and feed efficiency of that animal. BCS's are mainly performed in cows and heifers, but it's not uncommon to do a BCS on a bull either.

Check with a veterinarian. It could be joint ill or an abscess that needs to be treated.

You don't really know until you find what looks like an aborted fetus on the ground. If you're lucky though, you may find a cow that is having labour contractions a bit early than usual, and this in itself would be a sure sign that she's aborting her fetus. But most of the time, you won't know until you either find something on the ground or she goes back into heat much sooner than the other cows.

The most noticeable sign is the udder (one or more quarters) look more swollen and sore than usual. When that quarter is milked, the milk that comes out is more lumpier than usual, which indicates a mastitis infection.