Calving in Below Freezing

cjc

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@WildRoseBeef I did mention to him that I had her pumped full of drugs :he. I know once I used the drugs to euthanize her I had to get her off of our land. The vet warned me about that and the dog had to stay in the house until she was removed. She was removed and from what he told me, grinded, put into a bin and sent to Alberta for burning or burying of some sort.

@farmerjan cost me $210 to have her removed. Could have been cheaper if I would have let him slaughter her but because I didn't I had to pay for the service to Alberta.
 

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When I said that some will just put a dead one in the woods or a gully or whatever, I wasn't referring to anything that the vet would have euthanized with drugs. I meant anything that was shot, which is all that anyone does here. Even the vets will shoot a farm animal rather than give it drugs unless someone requests otherwise. 99% of the farmers here will just put their own down, or call a neighbor farmer to do it.
We have a rendering plant about 30-40 miles north in another county. It usually costs about $50 for them to come get one, but I don't know if they will take one that has been euthanized that way. Since our local landfill will take them, we usually take them there. They get buried right along with the normal trash and stuff. And most every farm here has a "hole" for their own dead animals.
 

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Definitely B vitamins. If you can get straight B-12 use 5-10 cc a day. If complex use 10 cc day. For a week. We always put anything getting antibiotics on B-12 if they go off feed. Had a cow that didn't clean ( I didn't know until she started to smell as no discharge or anything) and she quit eating. By then I'd had the vet and we infused her uterus with a pen/solution and the vet said 10 cc B-12 daily for a week. She started to eat after a few days, but it took over a month to get the infection under control. I am not a big fan of LA200 for infections, don't think it hits them hard enough. We use LA300 here as it is longer acting, but I will also use penicillin at the same time to try to hit all the possibilities. But do as your vet says since they got her put back together and since she is up THAT IS A BIG PLUS. Rooting for her and you.

Just an FYI, something I learned recently, you shouldn't give oxytetracycline at the same time as penicillin as the oxytetracycline interacts with the penicillin and basically neutralizes it.
 

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Just an FYI, something I learned recently, you shouldn't give oxytetracycline at the same time as penicillin as the oxytetracycline interacts with the penicillin and basically neutralizes it.

Yes the vet did tell me about this, they are counter productive. I discounted the oxy before starting the Penicillin, it's one or the other.
 

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