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Good Calves but wont SUCK ??

  • 30-03-2012 12:07pm
    #1
    zetorman
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Dairy farmer here with a problem. ??? last few calves born grand and left over night with cow as I always do. For first feed I usually bottle feed them but these last few just seem to lack the sucking instinct. I naturally assumed they had sucked enough over night and were just full up. over next few days they progress to become very poor drinkers as well. Seem to be short of power and have problems getting up after laying down. They seems to be generally ok but are not really starting to thrive properly. Any ideas please ??


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  • #2
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    maybe try this from mayo healthcare , we have used some of their products in the past and thought they were beneficial

    http://www.mayohealthcare.ie/os.html


  • #3
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭rancher


    zetorman wrote: »
    Dairy farmer here with a problem. ??? last few calves born grand and left over night with cow as I always do. For first feed I usually bottle feed them but these last few just seem to lack the sucking instinct. I naturally assumed they had sucked enough over night and were just full up. over next few days they progress to become very poor drinkers as well. Seem to be short of power and have problems getting up after laying down. They seems to be generally ok but are not really starting to thrive properly. Any ideas please ??

    Sounds very like iodine deficiency, had same symptoms in my suckler herd years ago


  • #4
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    It does sound like it could be a mineral defieciency, were the cows on pre-calving minerals?


  • #5
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    snowman707 wrote: »
    maybe try this from mayo healthcare , we have used some of their products in the past and thought they were beneficial

    http://www.mayohealthcare.ie/os.html

    What products did you use snowman ???? I have used them last year and still havent made up my mind on them :rolleyes:


  • #6
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    What products did you use snowman ???? I have used them last year and still havent made up my mind on them :rolleyes:
    we used Biolaze had a problem with youngish calves getting "the scrambled egg" dung followed by scour... treated stock got a touch of scour but shook it off without any further treatment


    also used the footbath on lambs that getting scald with some success


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