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The vet told us about the concentration of the prussic acid in the leaves and it is something that is more concentrated when the leaves are "damaged"... Cows can and will eat them direct off a branch and have little affect from them if they have had plenty of grass and are not starving... but...

Just to be clear... I do NOT give LA 200 or 300 in the eye... it burns when given SQ or IM... cannot imagine what it would do to the eye... and yes, the dosage is 3 ml/100 lbs for treatment....we use it SQ, one shot usually always does the job. We have found that Draxxin with the dart gun at...

I also give a shot of Vit. A when they are in being worked. I am a big believer in vitamins and as much "nutritional support/cure" as possible. We do use the dart gun with Draxxin for pastures where there are not any permanent catch facilities.... Some years it just seems like there are more...

Around here leaving them and doing nothing results in blindness in that eye 90% of the time. We use the pen in the eyelid membrane like @gcreekrch if it is a case that is "further along" like cloudy and looking rough; 2 cc pen with 1/2 cc dex for swelling... I like to squirt some Today or...

Not biased due to being dairy farmers.... the soy is not as well digested as straight milk... or all milk, milk replacer... too many studies done by too many people and too many outside comparisons done.... And I agree with the smell, the lack of absorption of the soy does cause smellier...

Calves do not assimilate the protein from soy near as well as from milk... that said, after a calf gets up to 4 weeks or so, you can use it as part of their bottle, introducing it by a small amount to replace the other... and they will do fine. I would never mix it more than 1/3 to 2/3 all milk...

Basically the same here... 1/2 the fence with it being the "right side" on each owner's side...if it is a fence that is in use by both landowners for livestock... If a person does not want to have livestock against the fence... the other owner has to build it/maintain it... BUT.... the other...

One big question; don't know if you addressed this before...are you in a fence in or a fence out state or county? That might make a difference on how to handle it... And for pete's sake, don't turn that bull out until you make sure if you have insurance on your new bull, if it includes...

If the cow got staph or strep mastitis, then the calf may not have nursed because it would not taste good... if she got got something more serious like Klebsiella or coliform, the cow would have definitely been sicker, some will just lay around more if it isn't too bad, but they will mostly all...

She could have gotten mastitis, laying down alot might have meant she wasn't feeling good, mastitis could have been contracted from laying in a dirty spot where staph or strep could have been: just contact with a dirty spot on the ground that you never would have picked up on...and she might...

Hope you find some information on the usda website... it is pretty decent reading and they have several updates listed so not like reading "stupid propaganda"...as in anything, read and then make your own opinions... but I do go on there and try to get some of the latest info and then keep it in...

Go to aphis.usda.gov/livestock diseases.... you can find more information there on the "current" state of affairs with what the us govt is doing...

Heard an update that the HPAI that had been found in cattle and milk was rendered completely harmless in pasteurized milk. Studies had been done and that what partial particles could be detected were not able to carry this virus since they were not viable when pieces were put under a microscope...

Yes, all of those things MIGHT occur... but most show very little signs of that, and honestly, how many people see their beef cattle that often to notice those differences. Unless you see a cow that is "off" and then have a vet do a blood test ( I think that it can show up in blood... but...

I don't think it is being looked at in beef cattle because we do not see the same "drop in production" and loss of appetite as in dairy cattle, since it is very "observeable" since the obvious drop in milk is associated with drop in feed intake... How do you measure the drop in beef cattle...

If the vet is giving you the meds then it is on them if something should be "illegal"... Since you said she is a show heifer, then I would just leave well enough alone. Don't get too worried about the "not laying down"... she will if she gets to the point she needs to. She may be afraid of...

Heard a very short blurb on the radio this morning that the scare of the bird flu that was in several herds in different states,, has been studied under a couple tests, and it does NOT appear in the milk as originally speculated.......didn't manage to catch it all... anyone else heard anything?

And then there's @gcreekrch ... who does most everything but never got the dvm after his name....;)(y)(y)(y). We have quite a few vet practices within an hour of here... several within 20 miles or less. We use one that is an hour away... they are large animal only, I think there are 5 vets...

Sorry for the bad luck... that is a real b#@$h.... good for you to have insurance... with the way things are right now, that's a good chunk of money laying there... So glad that someone could get some use of the meat under the circumstances...

Definitely sounds like selenium deficiency....although might be more than that.... I think that @gcreekrch said that low selenium is a cause of eye problems also...