Im 16 and work on a dairy farm and am feeding 20-30 calves daily and occasionally milking when needed. I have a few questions and id be glad if I cold get some of your opinions or input.
1. What brand rubber boot should I get? I had Itasca muck boots that cost $75 and the seams came apart in 1 month.
2.I know I cannot give sulfa pills and penicillin together or it will kill the calf but can I give sulfa pills and Kentrol together? How about penicillin and Kentrol or Kentrol and neomycin?
3. When a calf has diarrhea should I just give it penicillin by mouth or a sulfa pill or neomycin or should I give it a bottle of Kentrol immediately instead of the milk?
4. Last week on my day off they moved some calves into the bigger pen and a heifer got her leg caught under the tin in the barn and cut it all up. The next afternoon I saw it was cut and give her 5cc of penicillin. I kept her on it for 3 days and then it started to get all puffed up. On the 4th day her hoof started to separate form the rest of her leg. It disgusted me to see her like that. She was eager to get her milk and I never had to get in the pen and help her get up to eat. On the 5th afternoon that I came in the only thing that was holding her hoof on was skin. I got the rifle and put the poor thing out of her misery. Was there anything else I couldve done for her?
Thanks for any and all replies
1. What brand rubber boot should I get? I had Itasca muck boots that cost $75 and the seams came apart in 1 month.
2.I know I cannot give sulfa pills and penicillin together or it will kill the calf but can I give sulfa pills and Kentrol together? How about penicillin and Kentrol or Kentrol and neomycin?
3. When a calf has diarrhea should I just give it penicillin by mouth or a sulfa pill or neomycin or should I give it a bottle of Kentrol immediately instead of the milk?
4. Last week on my day off they moved some calves into the bigger pen and a heifer got her leg caught under the tin in the barn and cut it all up. The next afternoon I saw it was cut and give her 5cc of penicillin. I kept her on it for 3 days and then it started to get all puffed up. On the 4th day her hoof started to separate form the rest of her leg. It disgusted me to see her like that. She was eager to get her milk and I never had to get in the pen and help her get up to eat. On the 5th afternoon that I came in the only thing that was holding her hoof on was skin. I got the rifle and put the poor thing out of her misery. Was there anything else I couldve done for her?
Thanks for any and all replies