Post by dunderi on Jul 11, 2011 5:39:25 GMT -5
My husband has a colleague, who's husband I bought some turkeys from, only yesterday. we discussed plenty of things over a cuppa, one of these being our cows.
they have a four year old fresian X whoknows cow, who has had her second calf about a month ago. this evening, i get a worried phone call, asking if i can come have a look at her, as she has been down for a few hours, and seems unable to get up.
so i go over, and the poor lovely is covered in ticks, has never been vaccinated or wormed,
she has a dry nose and ice cold ears. no mucus from her nose, or weeping from her eyes. she tries to stand, but cannot. she has a temp of 37.5*C.
she has not lost her appetite and is eating hay, and occasionally can be persuaded to drink a little water.
she has not urinated since she lay down, or manured. i did the whole "ping test" and found that she did not have any gas in her rumen,
i got them to call the vet clinic that saved my Betty from bloat, and the initial response was "we'll come out straight away for a blood sample and to check her over" but they then called back saying they would wait and see how she is in the morning, as they think she has most likely sprained her hock or something.
i gave them a syringe full of a dose of ivomec, and suggested they get some amatic (instant kill of ticks etc) tomorrow to get rid of her tick issue. i also took a blood sample, and said they can offer to drive it out to the vet surgery (its a 24hr one) and i took a swab of her nasal goo for good measure.
i tried and tried, but could not get her to urinate for a urine sample - but i said if they could get one (be on standby for pee) that it would also help the vets diagnose her.
my guess is tick fever, as the vet said that alot of cows have gone down from it lately in our area. she is pretty thin, and probably susceptible, but i made it very clear that i am not a vet just trying to help them "get vet help".
i also said they should get some milk-replacement for the poor little heifer calf... she had not had a feed since this morning (its now 830pm) that they were aware of, not that Gypsy is a big producer they think anyhow. the calf looks very small for a month-old to me, but they don't know Gypsy's male parentage, let alone that of the calf....
they don't seem very organised or knowledgable about their animal, but they were keen to pay the two hundred dollar callout fee for the vet, so i don't know what to think? i hope she gets up, for the calf's sake especially. they don't have internet where they are, so i offered to post this when i got home.
any thoughts?
they have a four year old fresian X whoknows cow, who has had her second calf about a month ago. this evening, i get a worried phone call, asking if i can come have a look at her, as she has been down for a few hours, and seems unable to get up.
so i go over, and the poor lovely is covered in ticks, has never been vaccinated or wormed,
she has a dry nose and ice cold ears. no mucus from her nose, or weeping from her eyes. she tries to stand, but cannot. she has a temp of 37.5*C.
she has not lost her appetite and is eating hay, and occasionally can be persuaded to drink a little water.
she has not urinated since she lay down, or manured. i did the whole "ping test" and found that she did not have any gas in her rumen,
i got them to call the vet clinic that saved my Betty from bloat, and the initial response was "we'll come out straight away for a blood sample and to check her over" but they then called back saying they would wait and see how she is in the morning, as they think she has most likely sprained her hock or something.
i gave them a syringe full of a dose of ivomec, and suggested they get some amatic (instant kill of ticks etc) tomorrow to get rid of her tick issue. i also took a blood sample, and said they can offer to drive it out to the vet surgery (its a 24hr one) and i took a swab of her nasal goo for good measure.
i tried and tried, but could not get her to urinate for a urine sample - but i said if they could get one (be on standby for pee) that it would also help the vets diagnose her.
my guess is tick fever, as the vet said that alot of cows have gone down from it lately in our area. she is pretty thin, and probably susceptible, but i made it very clear that i am not a vet just trying to help them "get vet help".
i also said they should get some milk-replacement for the poor little heifer calf... she had not had a feed since this morning (its now 830pm) that they were aware of, not that Gypsy is a big producer they think anyhow. the calf looks very small for a month-old to me, but they don't know Gypsy's male parentage, let alone that of the calf....
they don't seem very organised or knowledgable about their animal, but they were keen to pay the two hundred dollar callout fee for the vet, so i don't know what to think? i hope she gets up, for the calf's sake especially. they don't have internet where they are, so i offered to post this when i got home.
any thoughts?