Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
April 5th, 2012, 18:51
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 13th, 2012, 17:41
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
Good job !
Kitty,
Thank you so much for sharing your calf & her story with us all, I'm sure I'm not the only person who has been hoping that she would come good.
I see a very different calf to the 1st photo you...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 8th, 2012, 11:48
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
Hi Kitty,
Thanks for your reply & the photo,...
Hi Kitty,
Thanks for your reply & the photo, she sure is looking fine now, you can see her top-line is bony & back-end thin but as she gets older she'll come round.
You can see that she still has her...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 7th, 2012, 12:38
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
A proper little madam !
Hi Kitty,
I had to laugh at your latest post, forgive me, you've got yourself a right little madam it seems !
Please trust, me on the assumption that she is at most 2 weeks old now, 2 pints of milk...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 6th, 2012, 11:19
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
Lovely job !
Hi Kitty,
I watched your video & your girl looks like she's going to be fine, some 'knuckles' are congential/hereditary, some are caused by too big a calf in too small a cow with the result that it...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 3rd, 2012, 12:55
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
Ring your vet !
Hiya,
Glad she is still alive and eating etc.
Ok I cannot tell you what to vaccinate her with, every area has it's own list of requirements, I could tell you what to use in one part of the UK or...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
February 1st, 2012, 12:14
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Replies: 15
Views: 95,567
Good job !
Hiya Clawskitty,
After reading your post I was dreading looking at the photo's as I envisaged some skinny, dirty-coated calf with not long to live, the reality however is what looks like a perfectly...
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
January 1st, 2012, 10:33
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Replies: 1
Views: 139,962
3 Cheers !
Hiya Rhodie,
And so say all of us !
Thanks to you and all our members for your loyalty and input !
See you in 2012.
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Forum: Employment/Jobs
August 1st, 2011, 12:23
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Replies: 3
Views: 69,876
Verfy true !
Hi Sarah,
Well done for mentioning Reaseheath, a truly great seat of learning where dairy farming was/is concerned !
As someone who did my NCA, NVQ Dairy Craftsman and other courses there I can...
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Forum: Employment/Jobs
July 14th, 2011, 16:13
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Replies: 2
Views: 63,905
Reason for edit
Dear Laura,
You will see that I have deleted your mobile phone number and would urge that you don't ever reveal it in a public forum again please.
Whilst the majority of this forum's readership are...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
May 7th, 2011, 14:27
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Replies: 2
Views: 59,165
AbigailJ,
Really sorry you feel agrieved at not...
AbigailJ,
Really sorry you feel agrieved at not receiving any feedback and so saddened to hear of your predicament.
This is not a vet or medical forum, I'm a herdsman for example, and while many of...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
August 16th, 2010, 11:05
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Replies: 8
Views: 63,055
Hi Newbie,
As with any new feed you are quite...
Hi Newbie,
As with any new feed you are quite right, start off with small amounts and build up.
There's a lot of loose bowels around, this can be too much grass [if on pasture] or one of several...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
August 15th, 2010, 11:21
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Replies: 8
Views: 63,055
Hi Newbie,
The classic 'old'school' sweetener...
Hi Newbie,
The classic 'old'school' sweetener Molasses should do here.
No need to use it by the ton as a little goes a long way !
You also might like to consider Sugar beet pulp but be aware that...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
June 11th, 2010, 11:50
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Replies: 1
Views: 23,546
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
May 28th, 2010, 11:31
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Replies: 3
Views: 27,194
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
May 18th, 2010, 11:40
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Replies: 1
Views: 25,090
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
May 13th, 2010, 12:05
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Replies: 12
Views: 213,987
Hi Edistr,
Welcome to the forum and you raise a...
Hi Edistr,
Welcome to the forum and you raise a valid point for an 'Introduction' section, hopefully the forum admin will read this and take note.
Please don't let this put you off posting in any of...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
May 4th, 2010, 12:36
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Replies: 10
Views: 67,127
Hi Handsomenaqvi,
I am not a doctor or vet I'm...
Hi Handsomenaqvi,
I am not a doctor or vet I'm afraid although I do have many qualifications for dairying/farming I'm just a herdsman with many years experience of caring for cows.
I am puzzled by...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
May 1st, 2010, 16:46
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Replies: 8
Views: 66,665
Hear, hear !
Rena is so right, raw milk is the...
Hear, hear !
Rena is so right, raw milk is the best !
I and others of my generation were brought up drinking this raw milk and we all grew into big strapping fellas with never a days illness.
Enjoy...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
May 1st, 2010, 16:41
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Replies: 10
Views: 67,127
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
April 28th, 2010, 11:34
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Replies: 1
Views: 35,307
Hi 4TAcres,
Welcome to the forum !
False heats...
Hi 4TAcres,
Welcome to the forum !
False heats can and do happen of course although when they do it is usually a sign of something wrong somewhere. She could be 'cystic' [Ovarian or follicular] or...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
April 21st, 2010, 16:26
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Replies: 2
Views: 28,368
Hi Rooster,
Welcome to the forum and...
Hi Rooster,
Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your first cow !
The fact that you have cared for other types of livestock will pay dividends plus of course as it's a calf you will have...
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Forum: Employment/Jobs
April 17th, 2010, 10:32
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Replies: 8
Views: 338,478
Hi Richard,
Fingers crossed for you that...
Hi Richard,
Fingers crossed for you that Laverstoke have a place for you, I must admit working with buffalo and other rare breeds would be a real feather in your cap and really help for your 3rd year...
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
April 14th, 2010, 13:45
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Replies: 4
Views: 158,623
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
April 14th, 2010, 13:36
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Replies: 1
Views: 25,209
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Forum: Employment/Jobs
April 14th, 2010, 13:30
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Replies: 8
Views: 338,478
Hi Richard,
Welcome to the forum and good luck...
Hi Richard,
Welcome to the forum and good luck for the future !
I assume this is your second year on the NDA course after spending the first learning all the theory ?
I am an ex NCA [with Credit]...
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Forum: Beef Cattle Health/Welfare
April 4th, 2010, 14:57
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Replies: 1
Views: 23,024
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
April 1st, 2010, 17:05
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Replies: 5
Views: 28,921
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 31st, 2010, 16:49
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Replies: 5
Views: 28,921
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 31st, 2010, 12:20
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Replies: 5
Views: 28,921
Hi Mom,
Welcome to the forum !
Now, I've had a...
Hi Mom,
Welcome to the forum !
Now, I've had a case of this also like you in a new-born calf which was due to a dislocation of it's jaw sustained during calving, now I'm not saying this is what's...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 17th, 2010, 11:08
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Replies: 2
Views: 40,957
Hi Chestnutsprings,
Welcome to the forum !
It...
Hi Chestnutsprings,
Welcome to the forum !
It sounds like either a rupture or hernia on your cow and should probably be stitched back in by your vet. The other option is an abscess but then you would...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 13th, 2010, 12:29
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Replies: 11
Views: 55,189
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 12th, 2010, 16:42
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Replies: 11
Views: 55,189
Lost for ever ?
Hi Shelly,
Thanks for your reply, an interesting question you ask about Selenium and Vit e !
Selenium is more associated with a cows metabolism and the only way to find out if your girl is deficient...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 12th, 2010, 11:58
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Replies: 11
Views: 55,189
How now ?
Hi Shelly,
How is your girl now, still on the mend ?
I really hope that gangrene does not affect that quarter, it can be very distressing for both you and your girl. Apart from the smell of rotting...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 11th, 2010, 16:02
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Replies: 11
Views: 55,189
Good news !
Hi Shelley,
Thanks for posting back so promptly !
Now that you tell me that she is standing and otherwise ok then it's not the deadly infection I thought previously, had it been she would not have...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 11th, 2010, 13:17
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Replies: 11
Views: 55,189
Possible Staph A or E.coli infection
Hi Shelly,
This sounds like a bad Staph A or E.coli infection and could result in a lost quarter and in some cases loss of life ! I say this but without actually being there it is so hard to diagnose...
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Forum: Dairy Cattle Health/Welfare
March 2nd, 2010, 14:35
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Replies: 0
Views: 22,360
Now's the time . . .
Hi all,
Now's the time of year when for many it is getting time for turn-out.
Cows who have been kept in over the winter will be looking forwards to the first fresh grass of spring.
It's also the...
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
February 28th, 2010, 14:32
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Replies: 7
Views: 115,569
Too true !
Hi Rhodie,
I've sent several PM's to admin to let them know that there are a few of us willing to help out, seems there is a meeting on Monday so fingers crossed !
It could all be prevented by...
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
February 27th, 2010, 17:30
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Replies: 7
Views: 115,569
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Forum: "Off Your Chest"
February 26th, 2010, 14:06
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Replies: 7
Views: 115,569
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