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facebook.comMeet 'Bambi' ..... a red Angus heifer calf that despite being tiny at birth, was full term and not premature. It's hard to appreciate from the video but she is the tiniest and most adorable thing you'll see today! She's full of the joys of Spring running around playing!
Sunday nap time in the calf creep!
In Spring 2018 we are continuing to see lots of outbreaks of calf scour - particularly caused by cryptosporidium as shown on the test below. We now recommend routinely for farmers to bring a scour sample into us for testing before giving advice on treatment. The test takes 10minutes which means we have can an answer for you pretty instantly and we can therefore give you the best advice regarding treatment and prognosis.
Best of luck to Rice College footballers in the All Ireland final Saturday in Croke park from all at Westvets 💙💙🇭🇳🇭🇳
Cuteness overload here at westvets. Trixie came in for her first vaccines yesterday.
Twin calves may only occur in about 1% of births but that didn't stop these pair appearing tonight. One decided to come breach (ass first) hence the reason for the call out.
Today's health topic - E-coli mastitis in cattle. This is a serious condition that can affect dairy or suckler cows usually shortly after calving. Symptoms are normally acute in onset and quite severe. Clinical signs include: dullness, inappetence, fever, a swollen udder and as highlighted in the video a characteristic watery mastitis. Veterinary intervention is needed immediately and even then the prognosis is quite guarded for many cows. Treatment involves intravenous treatment with powerful antibiotics and anti-inflammatories as well as aggressive fluid therapy with a stomach pump. E-coli is an environmental pathogen so therefore the best way to try and prevent this disease in your cows is to keep the calving environment very clean and regularly disinfected. Please comment any questions you may have on this topic.
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