Heifers coughing and runny nose

[will6910]

Some of my just under year olds heifers have been coughing a lot recently. They all were wormed and fluked roughly 2 weeks ago. Is it just the weather or is there anything I can give them ?

 

[M-J-G]

Temperature?
Are they eating and content?
Have they just been doing it since they've been wormed?
How open is the shed they are in?

 

[will6910]

Haven’t checked temp as haven’t a crush near by to hold them. They eating silage and their meal and seem content just coughing and snotty

This shed they in. Full open front

 

[M-J-G]

They will have a virus which you can do nothing about, (just like our common cold where we get a snotty nose and a cough), you just have to watch it doesn't turn into pneumonia, a secondary bacterial infection (their equivalent to us having a chest infection)
Which will normally make them ill, worming can bring that on if there has been lungworm present due to dead and decaying lungworm upping the chance of infection.


If they were mine and they're eating ok and are happy I'd leave them. The shed is open fronted but a flow of air above cattle hight would be better.

 

[will6910]

Hopefult it settles down again soon

 

[HarryB97]

When you get them in a crush clip their backs out from the back of their head to round their tale and do a few strips wide to stop them sweating. Ask your bet about Bavalto 4 to reduce chances of pneumonia it's a two stage vaccine 3 weeks apart. How wet is the bedding? do you scrape the front out? Leaking gutters or over full troughs? If they were mine I would not be to concerned as a runny nose is perfectly normal but closley monitor it they can go down hill very fast!

 

[will6910]

They on slats and cubicles but they to big to lie in cubicles so just lie on the slats

 

[tr250]

What’s their health status bvd and ibr?

 

[will6910]

Not sure as was bought from a farmer through a dealer

 

[tr250]

Not sure as was bought from a farmer through a dealer

I would say one of the 2 then ibr is spread particularly easy in dealers yards etc

 

[Werzle]

Some of my just under year olds heifers have been coughing a lot recently. They all were wormed and fluked roughly 2 weeks ago. Is it just the weather or is there anything I can give them ?

Meal making them cough i would bet

 

[davidroberts30]

ibr

 

[will6910]

Meal making them cough i would bet

They on beef nuts. Not dusty at all

 

[Werzle]

They on beef nuts. Not dusty at all

Fair enough, you said meal in an earlier post. Silage acidic ?

 

[will6910]

Fair enough, you said meal in an earlier post. Silage acidic ?

Sorry should of said nuts. Haven’t tested silage, it’s from 2018 and super wet. Haven’t seen them spit up any cud balls tho to

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Meal making them cough i would bet

I think it’s more likely that’s it’s a basic cold with the weather being up and down...check temp and treat accordingly