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Colostrum Supplement or Not?
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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1335998" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>I have a heifer due within the next week. I generally don't bring them down to the barn to calve until they start springing but busted her letting 2 other calves nurse yesterday & she's now in "prison" (at least I know she won't kick off her own calf). She definitely has bagged but not yet dialated, no mucus plug, no tail to the side. I have no idea if she let other calves nurse but it's unusual for a heifer's bag to be so full this early so I suspect that's the case. I always give newborns First Defense within the 1st 12 hours and if the calf is sluggish or I'm not sure how much colostrum it received I give it Nursemate ASAP. My question is, how many of you would go ahead & supplement her calf with colostrum replacer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1335998, member: 24027"] I have a heifer due within the next week. I generally don't bring them down to the barn to calve until they start springing but busted her letting 2 other calves nurse yesterday & she's now in "prison" (at least I know she won't kick off her own calf). She definitely has bagged but not yet dialated, no mucus plug, no tail to the side. I have no idea if she let other calves nurse but it's unusual for a heifer's bag to be so full this early so I suspect that's the case. I always give newborns First Defense within the 1st 12 hours and if the calf is sluggish or I'm not sure how much colostrum it received I give it Nursemate ASAP. My question is, how many of you would go ahead & supplement her calf with colostrum replacer? [/QUOTE]
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