Sweetened
Herd Master
My little Edith passed away yesterday. 3 days ago I walked into the barn to get the triplets and put them out with the girls as i have been for nearly 2 weeks (the cow hogs the shelter so i put the babies up at night). I thought something had died somewhere in the barn due to the awful smell, but quickly discovered Edith had scours. I took them off the fresh grass i had been giving them as that was the only change to their diet. She was eating and drinking fine, playing running and so on.
The next day, when i was putting them up at night, she was lagging a little behind, still eating and drinking. Her scours had turned into clumpy poops that were still not berries but wasnt liquid either.
Yesterday morning, she didnt make it to the pen. She didnt have the energy to finish the walk, so i gathered some hay and brought it in the house along with her. Offered molasses water, gave her oxytetracycline (la100) at a dose of 2ml for under 50lbs. I also gave her molasses water, which she guzzled. She ate, wandered around the house, pooped berries, laid with the dog. 3 hours later we had to run out to the store, and she was having trouble on the slippery floors so i put her back out in the barn.
Within an hour, when i checked on her, she was dead.
The prevailing thing was that rotten smell from when she pooped but with the berries she was passing that was gone.
Is this coccidiosis? Parasite load? We will be ivomecing the babies tonight just in case but i am at a loss. She fell off so quickly, almost in the same fashion tootsies kids did when we had that soremouth infection.
The next day, when i was putting them up at night, she was lagging a little behind, still eating and drinking. Her scours had turned into clumpy poops that were still not berries but wasnt liquid either.
Yesterday morning, she didnt make it to the pen. She didnt have the energy to finish the walk, so i gathered some hay and brought it in the house along with her. Offered molasses water, gave her oxytetracycline (la100) at a dose of 2ml for under 50lbs. I also gave her molasses water, which she guzzled. She ate, wandered around the house, pooped berries, laid with the dog. 3 hours later we had to run out to the store, and she was having trouble on the slippery floors so i put her back out in the barn.
Within an hour, when i checked on her, she was dead.
The prevailing thing was that rotten smell from when she pooped but with the berries she was passing that was gone.
Is this coccidiosis? Parasite load? We will be ivomecing the babies tonight just in case but i am at a loss. She fell off so quickly, almost in the same fashion tootsies kids did when we had that soremouth infection.