calf with severe acidosis

vanderbadger

folks have a calf that has bad acidosis after a bad run of scour. he has received 2 bicarb infusiuons and he gets gel lyte or effydral when he sucks to try and get the stomach going right, he just doesnt seem to be coming out of it, very lethargic, only suck a very small bit. anyone ever have this problem and did the calf come right?

bmccaff

Sound like a problem we had with a calf for almost 2 weeks after he was treated for an ecoli scour which nearly killed him.
Threw half a bottle of milk of magnesium (250ml bottle) into him one day, the other half the following day.
Could'nt catch him on the 3rd!

bob charles

As suggested above magnesium is a good help. all vets will have it

vanderbadger

thanks lads, worth a shot anyway

Muckit

Is it that they take on alot of milk after the scour clears up that gives them acidosis?

vanderbadger

Muckit wrote: »

Is it that they take on alot of milk after the scour clears up that gives them acidosis?

possibly but dont think so in this case, vet said the fact that he had scour for long messed up his stomach ph

bob charles

vanderbadger wrote: »

possibly but dont think so in this case, vet said the fact that he had scour for long messed up his stomach ph

I would be getting some yeast into the stomach ASAP. Bit of the missus baking yeast would will work a treat.

vanderbadger

bob charles wrote: »

I would be getting some yeast into the stomach ASAP. Bit of the missus baking yeast would will work a treat.

well have been giving him a spoon on bread soda with his gel lyte in the last day or two right or wrong

bob charles

vanderbadger wrote: »

well have been giving him a spoon on bread soda with his gel lyte in the last day or two right or wrong

yip okay, but how is his dung now?

vanderbadger

saw it this morning now, it was fairly loose, and somewhere in between green and brown in color, in the last few days it was that white ish pasty stuff you might expect with acidosis.

johngalway

Isn't natural yoghurt supposed to be good as well for getting the stomach back on track?

vanderbadger

johngalway wrote: »

Isn't natural yoghurt supposed to be good as well for getting the stomach back on track?

yep, he has gotten some of that as well along the way, just looking at him on camera now and he is up and moving about his pen so he is alot better than he was i guess, just seems like a very slow recovery, i suppose i would be happier if his appetite improved, outside of the first 5 or 6 days of his life he has been sick he he has a tough old run of it, trying to keep him going but sometimes i wonder if he is ever going to come right

greysides

Some multivitamin injections or duphalyte solution may help too.

vanderbadger

i think he is coming around, his appearence is better this evening, he is lying down correctly and holding his head up as opposed to being just be thrown over almost, he still looks a bit miserable when standing so will see what tomorrow brings

PatQfarmer

The sudden change in the weather has seen calves in the best of houses get a chill. They were born in near-Summer conditions, now gets well below at night. Chills have brought on scours ans runny noses in some of mine. Blooming nuisance.
Make sure they are warm enough, that is major concern atm.
Hope he improves, V

vanderbadger

just to update
the milk of magnesia seems to have helped anyway, calf seems alot livlier and appearence and appetite are returning to normal, i dont want to jinx it but he looks like he is coming around