steven in Tn
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is anybody familiar with black leg? at first i thought it was due to chicken manure being spread on my fields but now i think it is blackleg. i have lost 4 young calves in the last 2 weeks. they looked fine and no more than 2 days later they are dead usually in about a day. the one that died today looked alittle sick yesterday evening when i checked them. this morning kinda had a hard time getting up acted like its back legs where weak and had no appetite and just layed down and was dead this evening.
talked to my neighbor and he has also lost 2 calves in last couple weeks. and the thought thats what cause his to die was blackleg. i went to co-op and bought a bottle of 7 way med for them and gave them a shot hoping to prevent others from getting it.
tried to call vet but he is on vacation or something, would it do anygood for me to get one down here to test it and see if that is what it is. can they test the dead cow and pinpoint the cause of death? and about what would the test cost to have done?
talked to my neighbor and he has also lost 2 calves in last couple weeks. and the thought thats what cause his to die was blackleg. i went to co-op and bought a bottle of 7 way med for them and gave them a shot hoping to prevent others from getting it.
tried to call vet but he is on vacation or something, would it do anygood for me to get one down here to test it and see if that is what it is. can they test the dead cow and pinpoint the cause of death? and about what would the test cost to have done?