Cow had abortion, now wont eat

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BobbySusie

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• Jan 31, 2020

• #1

Hi I had a cow abort a calf, about a month early. No reason why, vet has taken bloods from cow. I milked her the day she calved, all ok. Yesterday she was not great looking so vet tubed her with recovery drink and gylcol. I went to the yard this morning and she milked a small amount, but Is not eating. I put fresh feed in front of her twice.

I dont want to lose her, any ideas?

 

Ducati899

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north dorset

• Jan 31, 2020

• #2

Sounds daft but you have checked there’s not another dead calf inside her?

 

In the pit

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Pembrokeshire

• Jan 31, 2020

• #3

Get the vet to give her the full once over and that'll sort it

 

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BobbySusie

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• Jan 31, 2020

• #4

Ducati899 said:

Sounds daft but you have checked there’s not another dead calf inside her?

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I have

 

Blue.

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Livestock Farmer

• Jan 31, 2020

• #5

BobbySusie said:

Hi I had a cow abort a calf, about a month early. No reason why, vet has taken bloods from cow. I milked her the day she calved, all ok. Yesterday she was not great looking so vet tubed her with recovery drink and gylcol. I went to the yard this morning and she milked a small amount, but Is not eating. I put fresh feed in front of her twice.

I dont want to lose her, any ideas?

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Pump her up with warm water with 250ml of glycol or Leo cud.

 

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bigw

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Scotland

• Jan 31, 2020

• #6

BobbySusie said:

I have

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We had one at new year, could feel a 2nd calf in her but could bump her side and feel it.

 

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BobbySusie

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• Jan 31, 2020

• #7

eulb said:

Pump her up with warm water with 250ml of glycol or Leo cud.

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I did that last night, would you do it again.

 

Milkcow365

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Sw Scotland

• Jan 31, 2020

• #8

BobbySusie said:

I did that last night, would you do it again.

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Yeah 2x a day

 

Milkcow365

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Location

Sw Scotland

• Jan 31, 2020

• #9

Or she might lda if you don’t keep her full

 

Wishful Thinker

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Location

Northern Ireland

• Jan 31, 2020

• #10

Stick jar of coffee in her too and a pro cud drench to try and jump start the rumen.

 

Headless chicken

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Location

West Wales

• Jan 31, 2020

• #11

i assume you e checked her temperature?

 

Rossymons

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Location

Cornwall

• Jan 31, 2020

• #12

Is she actually eating the food or just nosing it?

 

Ballygreenan

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Location

Tyrone NI

• Jan 31, 2020

• #13

Two bottles of Guinness down her throat! And maybe one for yourself!

Guinness gets their stomachs going again and will give her an appetite.

 

Cowcalf

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Location

North of Scotland

• Jan 31, 2020

• #14

sounds like a bit of something left in womb, a strong antibiotic would keep her covered. thought vet would have diagnosed some problem

 

Yonlass

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• Jan 31, 2020

• #15

BobbySusie said:

Hi I had a cow abort a calf, about a month early. No reason why, vet has taken bloods from cow. I milked her the day she calved, all ok. Yesterday she was not great looking so vet tubed her with recovery drink and gylcol. I went to the yard this morning and she milked a small amount, but Is not eating. I put fresh feed in front of her twice.

I dont want to lose her, any ideas?

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How long calved is she?
Retained cleansing dragging her down? (Anything that aborts invariably sticks to it) Treat with Synulox rtu if needed.
20ml of Dexadreson which is a strong anti-inflammatory, will treat ketosis and might stimulate her appetite.
Try spoiling her.....some nice hay/haylage, or molassed calf ration, bucket of warm water. Dose her with pro-rumen. Pump her up if poss if she won't drink it.
If that doesn't get her turning over, get the vet back-probably twisted ☹

 

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som farmer

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Livestock Farmer

Location

somerset

• Jan 31, 2020

• #16

some abort for 'disease' reasons, a sign something is really going wrong, sounds like a bad infection, have a good go treating her, but, be realistic, in todays society, people are very quick to ring rspca, or an health, we try and get anything that looks 'bad' and doesn't respond, gone. To many eyes, and do gooders out there. the old adage, where you have livestock, you get deadstock. Good luck though.

 

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BobbySusie

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• Feb 3, 2020

• #17

Sorry had a hectic weekend, calves all over the place now. Vet called friday, gave cow calcium and antibiotic, she was up eating an hour later. The vet reckons she has a lung infection and stress on her body may have aborted calf.

Thanks for the replies, and advice.