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Just seen this. If it's panting heavily despite antibiotic and metacam, I reckon it's mycoplasma. And I wouldn't hold out much hope for it. Sorry.
Hard with the draxxin on a mycoplasma caseVet tells me that Zeleris treats mycroplasma .
Hmm not sure about that but then I suppose he’s selling it !
How hard?Hard with the draxxin on a mycoplasma case
Make sure the bottle smashesHow hard?
You are not alone.have a few down with Larynx pneumonia at the moment, as always a b*****d to cure. anyone got something out of the ordinary or found some mix of drugs that are hitting it?.
its been a hard winter on cattle, way too many losses, a hangover from the bad summer I reckon
Tullavis is way cheaper than draxxin.Aftermarket Draxxin called Tullavis is a lot cheaper. I personally dont have faith in Zeleris or Zactranfor mycoplasma. I have feeling Draxxin/Tullavis is better, but there's still a significant failure rate with it. You can't hit them early enough. Best time I find to see them is 15 mins after I feed groups milk in the trough followed by meal. A calf going off but still having almost normal appetite will lie down quicker than the rest after feed (or hanging suspiciously at the back of the pen), when it should still be up grazing hard feed. I reckon that it's too late by the time you see the calf slower than normal at coming forward for milk.
Also, I find it easier to see elevated ventilation rate when lying rather than on feet moving around. (Just thinking, some of your feeding practice may be different from mine. I feed milk and meal in the same trough, only giving what meal they will clear up between feeds. Almost ad lib, but not quite, so they have an appetite for meal again after 2x milk.)
pneumonia up in at the top of the windpipe/larynx. they will be making allot of grunting noiseYou are not alone.
What is Larynx?
Had used Steroids in the past, however was told yesterday that recent studies suggest that has v little effect. Instead I was left with another drug for an ill animal (vet was here doing tb anyway). Cannot remember it's name, but they use it on calving cows to relax internals. Can look at the paperwork tomorrowpneumonia up in at the top of the windpipe/larynx. they will be making allot of grunting noise
I am using zinc and now vitamin E as they lower levels when off grass, and we graze all year here, but when appetite surpreseed important levels naturally lower, id also suspect the body ramps the use of vitamin and mineral reserves feed lot atudies woth oz mla found this.have a few down with Larynx pneumonia at the moment, as always a b*****d to cure. anyone got something out of the ordinary or found some mix of drugs that are hitting it?.
its been a hard winter on cattle, way too many losses, a hangover from the bad summer I reckon
Had two like that last year, both died in the following months. Like you said it’s a nightmare to target!pneumonia up in at the top of the windpipe/larynx. they will be making allot of grunting noise
Vaccinate with what?We have recently had an outbreak of mycoplasma and our vets said only Draxxin or Terramycin and metacam to treat. in my experience neither work if you don’t treat early enough, the only way we are getting on top of it is to take each animal’s temperature and inject if slightly raised, we have been running them through every 4 days for two weeks, going to vaccinate from now on!
Can you give it at the same time as Bovalto 4 and other pneumonia vaccines?There is a new vaccine out they need two doses three weeks apart it called mycroplasma bovis vaccineView attachment 1157931
Expect not, as they won’t have been tested together and the immune system can’t give a good enough response to 2 vaccines at once. We use 2 pneumonia vaccines and have to leave a fortnight between jabs.Can you give it at the same time as Bovalto 4 and other pneumonia vaccines?