HI, I am new to this site and can not figure out how to post the questions I have, I am hoping that maybe someone can help though. MY fiancé and I bought 12 calves still on the bottle at the sale about 3 weeks ago. we gave them penicillin, to stop spread of any shipping fever etc. We were feeding them twice a day (as vet recommended) they have water, hay, grain, and grass all day long.
They were doing great up to last week. They were all drinking water, eating grass, grain, and hay. Then last Monday, we had a calf go down, we thought maybe it was scours, his temp was fine, he just refused to eat, and he was starting to get the runs. Within two hours of going down he died.
It is now Tuesday, on the following week and we just had our 9th calf die. All the same thing, they lay down a little more one day, then they hardly get up, then refuse to eat. at this point there is usually two or three hours before they will die. The vet came and gave us an antibiotic, but its not seeming to help. They will be fine one day, and it seems the next day their dead! We have a baby on the way, and the stress is getting crazy, we talked to everyone (including vets) but no one can give us an answer PLEASE HELP!!!
