Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
You will in the future when you get resistance ....pretty irresponsible of your vets to suggest giving every new born calf a shot of terramycin
Bad year for Navel Ill
- Thread starter RedRazok
- Start date
This is something I’ve done the last two years.
If access to the calf is possible then I trim the cord with a scissors to cut any cord infection has travelled up then try to spray Terramycin spray on and up the fresh part of the cord.
If access to the calf is possible then I trim the cord with a scissors to cut any cord infection has travelled up then try to spray Terramycin spray on and up the fresh part of the cord.
- Location
- East Sussex
Not only calves that it has been a bad year for Joint Ill. It is the worst year for sheep we have ever had. This has been outdoor lambing and while the weather conditions have been atrocious at times I am struggling to find a reason.
The amount of mud we had earlier on would have been a cause but when conditions improved although still wet the Joint Ill has continued.
The only effective cure we have found has been Pen & Strep three days in a row. We have probably cured 80% completely but 15% are still lame and another 5% have been knocked on the head.
It has been incredibly time consuming as well as expensive in time and drugs. I am convinced that more research needs doing on Joint Ill and it is probably the issue that uses the highest quantity of Antibiotics in livestock farming.
The amount of mud we had earlier on would have been a cause but when conditions improved although still wet the Joint Ill has continued.
The only effective cure we have found has been Pen & Strep three days in a row. We have probably cured 80% completely but 15% are still lame and another 5% have been knocked on the head.
It has been incredibly time consuming as well as expensive in time and drugs. I am convinced that more research needs doing on Joint Ill and it is probably the issue that uses the highest quantity of Antibiotics in livestock farming.
Chasingmytail
Member
- Location
- Newport, SE Wales
reason why we calf and lamb outside (April/May). Keeping cattle clean is an endless problem and too expensive in straw for us.
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
Not sure of your numbers/housing setup but bedding every day would maybe help. I know it’s another job to do but may help with a little and often approach to bedding.
