Recent content by jillaroo

We had a steer go down in the feedlot. He was bright and alert with loads of try. The vet had a look at him and it was decided to salvage slaughter him. When the spine was split into the two halves of beef, we had our answer as to what caused this steer to go down suddenly; he had a small...

Although I cannot see her toes in the video, she looks like a "foot lesion" to me. Cattle walk on the inside toe on the front feet and the outside toe on the hind feet. That is to say they bear most of their weight on one toe rather than the other. She also has the classic body shape of an...

Did you implant the calves?

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First, may I appologize for two CT members having similar names. I use jillaroo and there is also a lovely gal 'down under' that uses jilleroo. Sorry for unknowingly stealing your handle jilleroo! If you can deal with the confusion, here are a couple of pics of jillaroo. We live and work on a...

Nope. That's jilleroo. Confusing, I know. :lol: We're towards Williams Lake.

Can they have been sawed off a live cow? We preg checked last month and cut several horns off cows. They are 6-8" I would imagine. The dogs have not yet found them so they should still be over by the squeeze.

Now that we are getting in to the preg checking season, I thought I should post how things ended up on my end. We gave the scour vaccine, Jencine ERC, to the cow herd at preg check in November for the first time. Usually, the cow herd would be run through again 30 days prior to the start of...

Draxxin is a macrolide drug which means it concentrates in the lung tissues. It is also excellent for FR and pinkeye. Excede, Naxel, Excenel are all excellent on e.coli and we have had great success treating scours using Excede. Is the calf is depressed or in pain, Banamine will also help but...

Strange his temp isn't higher with pn'a but perhaps he's on the backside of it. Nuflor is likely your best bet and I would give it SQ at 6cc per 100wt. If you gave it IM, the dosage is 3cc per 100wt and then repeat in two days. Excenel is also excellent for respiratory issues but you would have...

The reason Excede is approved for ear administration has to do with the meat withdrawl period. As the ears are removed at slaughter and not used in any way for human consumption, they can have a shorter w/d date then they would for a SQ approved product given in the neck. It is no less...

You can pop out a couple of the bottom sutures in her skin. That will allow the area to drain. That "bulge" you see is fibrin that has no place to go. As far as treating her again, I think you are wasting your time (and $) giving her any penicillin product. Trivetrin/Borgal are good drugs for...

We're planning on freeze branding the new bull battery this year and I was wondering about the times used when applying the irons. We will be using LN2 and the bulls will be yearling black Angus and two year old Herefords. Any tips would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I believe coccidiosis is more of an issue in calves 3 weeks and older. Sounds like your scouring calf has some irritated intestinal lining. If there's a lot of blood, it could be an ulcer. Is it fresh blood (bright coloured) or dark? We treat our scouring calves with Excede and Banamine. Excede...

We had a saying in the feedlot (edited for content): :secret: You don't eat; you don't poop. You don't poop; you die. Sorry about your bull. Sounds like the vet gave him a laxative? You could try removing his rumen contents and replacing them with the contents from a healthy rumen.