Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2007 2:02:44 GMT -5
I know its been a while since Ive posted its our busy season, but wanted to warn everyone. We treated Mignon (Molly's Heifer calf) with Ivermectin pour on, as we have done for other cattle hundreds of times in the past. We treated her on a Thursday and on Saturday, Mignon stopped eating, Monday she was barely able to walk, and would only walk with her head down and very stiff hind quarters and wanted to hide in the trees. Monday was Memorial day and no vet anywhere would respond to me, my vet had the stomach flu and couldn't get out of bed. So we waited until Tuesday and by then she was just about down, she couldn't barely stand she was almost wheezing and it took us using a rope to haul her up into the trailer to get her to the vet. The vet said it was Organophosphate Toxicity from the Ivermec, she said it is rare that it happens but it still does. I guess Mignon is allergic or very sensitive to it. So anyway after a very long evening and into the night at the vet with Mignon on an IV, and some vitamins given back to her she was a little better. The vet said the poisoning wont usually kill them, its the fact that they wont drink and the dehydration gets them. So the next day Wednesday Mignon was still suffering still very unstable, and head down and stiff hind end. But she decided she would eat a little bit of grass and have some of Maggie's grain, which was a good thing since she hadn't eaten in almost a week. Anyway took a while to bring her out of it but she is recovering nicely now, she has lost 70lbs.
Just be on the look out for symptoms after treating if you all use Ivermectin. The quicker you catch it the better chance they have of beating it, the vet said Charcoal could have been given right away and she would have gotten over it quicker. Thank God she made it! Of course we are no longer able to eat her after nursing her through this, so we traded her to some Friends who have a ranch and she will get to be a momma!! My kids are so relieved, I am too. Of course she can no longer have Ivermectin!!
Just be on the look out for symptoms after treating if you all use Ivermectin. The quicker you catch it the better chance they have of beating it, the vet said Charcoal could have been given right away and she would have gotten over it quicker. Thank God she made it! Of course we are no longer able to eat her after nursing her through this, so we traded her to some Friends who have a ranch and she will get to be a momma!! My kids are so relieved, I am too. Of course she can no longer have Ivermectin!!