Bullock acting odd

[Jimfandango]

I have a fat bullock, lim x dairy, coming up to 30 months, will be fit in a week or 2. In the last few days she has been acting fairly skittish, crashing around the yard, slipping, scrabbling about, looking to climb every wall etc. They havent been turned out yet as they will all be gone soon so are still on the last of the winter rations. At first, I thought she had hurt herself somehow and was in pain but I think it may be something different. Potentially it could have reacted to some slightly bad silage but she is in a group of 8 and they all seem fine. I'm thinking a course of antibiotics and some anti-inflammatory.
Any suggestions to the potential cause and course of action? Thanks

 

[ridger]

I have a fat bullock, lim x dairy, coming up to 30 months, will be fit in a week or 2. In the last few days she has been acting fairly skittish, crashing around the yard, slipping, scrabbling about, looking to climb every wall etc. They havent been turned out yet as they will all be gone soon so are still on the last of the winter rations. At first, I thought she had hurt herself somehow and was in pain but I think it may be something different. Potentially it could have reacted to some slightly bad silage but she is in a group of 8 and they all seem fine. I'm thinking a course of antibiotics and some anti-inflammatory.
Any suggestions to the potential cause and course of action? Thanks

Into factory, no point taking chances. As an aside how do you get a female bullock?

 

[Fiacre]

Listeria?

 

[Bald Rick]

Into factory, no point taking chances. As an aside how do you get a female bullock?

Don't you read the News?

It's a thing (or not as the case may be) these days

 

[oil barron]

I have a fat bullock, lim x dairy, coming up to 30 months, will be fit in a week or 2. In the last few days she has been acting fairly skittish, crashing around the yard, slipping, scrabbling about, looking to climb every wall etc. They havent been turned out yet as they will all be gone soon so are still on the last of the winter rations. At first, I thought she had hurt herself somehow and was in pain but I think it may be something different. Potentially it could have reacted to some slightly bad silage but she is in a group of 8 and they all seem fine. I'm thinking a course of antibiotics and some anti-inflammatory.
Any suggestions to the potential cause and course of action? Thanks

Urea in the rations?

 

[jackrussell101]

Sounds normal for a Limousin to be honest, climbing the walls etc

 

[Suffolksucklers]

It sounds like listeria, is she hanging her head to one side or got an ear down? If it is need to get some drugs into her pdq to stop it affecting the brain to much

 

[glasshouse]

Sandra?

 

[caveman]

Financially, I'd say get her hung up as any vet, meds and loss of condition would suggest first loss is the best loss.
Ethically. Is it okay to put her into the food chain as is?

 

[mf7480]

Into the abattoir

 

[egbert]

Into factory, no point taking chances. As an aside how do you get a female bullock?

dunno where the Op is from, but westcountry vernacular refers to ALL bovines as bullocks.

I knew a Scottish vet who, while doing some locum work in Devon, was confusingly called out to a 'bullock with milk fever'. The following night involved a bullock stuck calving....by then he'd got the picture

 

[Yale]

I dare‘nt even utter what the symptoms remind me of having seen clips on the TV in the 90’s.

Think the French called it JCB disease.

 

[devonbeef]

dunno where the Op is from, but westcountry vernacular refers to ALL bovines as bullocks.

I knew a Scottish vet who, while doing some locum work in Devon, was confusingly called out to a 'bullock with milk fever'. The following night involved a bullock stuck calving....by then he'd got the picture

It seems everything that moos is a bullock, round our way

 

[Zippy768]

Financially, I'd say get her hung up as any vet, meds and loss of condition would suggest first loss is the best loss.
Ethically. Is it okay to put her into the food chain as is?

Into the OP's freezer?

 

[cattleman123]

Is this a false post to see how us farmers respond....seems strange to me..

 

[milkloss]

I would take this seriously. Wouldn't do the industry much good if it's got a brain problem/

 

[Jimfandango]

I dare‘nt even utter what the symptoms remind me of having seen clips on the TV in the 90’s.

Think the French called it JCB disease.

It's not as bad as that, I am sure.

 

[Jimfandango]

Could be listeria i guess, but seems unlikely. It's agitated more than dopey with listeria like symptoms. I would love to get rid but not willing to let it travel in its current conditions.

 

[primmiemoo]

Probably a silly idea, but is he bulling? Indoors, and being a Limmy, he might lose the plot a little.

 

[Sausage]

We had some smaller calves doing funny things, but probably not capable of climbing walls. They picked up some toxicity from some straw bale walls (we think) multi vitamin injections cured them over a few days.