Posted by Super Steve on March 11, 2013 at 08:28:26 from (209.239.16.203):
Well from what I can tell, I've got a calf with pneumonia. The calf was born on friday and seemed up and lively. It was born out in the field with no help and when the cows came up for dinner that night, she came in following her mom. I havent actually seen mouth to teet sucking but I saw her that evening with milky drool on her mouth and moms teets were cleaned off, so I'm ASSUMING, she had been sucking.
So fast forward to saturday night. She was laying right up against the barn and seemed kind of "out of it". When I went out to grab her and get her inside, she jumped up and took off running. Ok, maybe she was just sleeping and thats why she seemed out of it.
Ok sunday morning, cows are all out eating grass except her mom, shes standing behind the barn bawling. ok wheres baby? Look around corner of the silo, there she is laying flat out in a puddle. CRAAAAAAP!!! grab baby drag her inside to dry and warm her up, mom follows.
Calf is weak, heavy groggy breathing but feels warm. I did a little research and from the signs, it seems like shes got pneumonia. Ive given her 3cc of Propen LA, then lastnight and thismorning a shot of 3cc of penicillin. I didnt have any colostrum on hand but got a bottle of replacer in her. She wouldnt take much lastnight but did get a bit more into her.
Went out to check on her late lastnight and I managed to get her to stand and walk around a bit but she wasnt hungry so i just left her.
I went and got some colostrum thismorning but couldnt get her to drink anything. I poured a bit into. She doesnt seem to be breathing heavy or moaning thismorning but now her mouth is cold.
Ive got a heat lamp on her right now to try warming her up but i dont know what else to do now. Any ideas from the vetran catte folks? This is the first time in i've had this issue.
ps sorry for the novel, just giving as many details as i can.
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