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I believe that you are incorrect - using Naproxen in cattle is extra label drug use - you might want to review this document from Health Canada ww.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/vet/label-etiquet/faq_eldu-umdde-eng.php#q3 ELDU in food producing animals by persons other than licensed veterinarians is not...

In the US the use of Naproxen (extra label) in cattle would be illegal Canada has an extra label drug use policy similar to the US - www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/foodsafety/chiefvo/pdf/cfs03s00a.pdf probably a good idea to become familiar with it before giving your cattle anything  - BTW...

HGC -the web sites are certainly not revealing about these 2 products - this is what I know but am hoping to get a human to get the "real scoop" NUFLOR Injectable Solution is a solution of the synthetic antibiotic florfenicol. Each milliliter of sterile NUFLOR Injectable Solution contains 300...

I think there are several important points to emphasize when using drugs to treat cattle 1) ALWAYS read the label 2) remember the withhold ONLY APPLIES if you follow the label directions exactly - so if you increase the dose, increase the frequency, change the route etc the withhold does not...

Not to be contrary but there are veins and arteries under the skin and it is possible to hit one of them inadvertently with a sub q injection - just like a sub q injection of Excede at the base of the ear can enter a blood vessel and result in a fatal outcome. It is recommended that a 1/2 to 5/8...

Freddy - ask and ye shall :) Baytril is in a different class of antibiotics than any of the other drugs we have discussed - it is broad spectrum and bactericidal and is a  fluoroquinolone -  fluoroquinolone are drugs used in serious and life threatening infections in humans - hence there is...

I think there are several lessons here - the most important being (perhaps) when you get a new animal for a kid to show try to set the animal up for success not failure - leaving a new animal you intend to show in a 1 acre field with a control halter is a recipe for disaster. I would also...

Big M - Ah the sticky wicket of drug regulations in animals we raise for food --- Nuflor and Nuflor Gold are exactly the same drug - ie they have exactly the same chemical composition but the label for Nuflor Gold includes Mycoplasma bovis and use only sub q and a different slaughter with hold...

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PGF - I can try :) Nuflor lists decreased both food and water intake as a side effect in some animals - as I recall Draxxin does not. With Nuflor it appears that this increases with increasing doses (in some animals). I am not sure of the mechanism but in humans there is some belief that it is...

Draxxin, Micotil, Nuflor - all three require a prescription - all 3 are labeled for respiratory disease (ie pneumonia). It is my understanding they were developed specifically for livestock (ie unlike some other drugs which were human drugs then used in livestock) Draxxin (Tulathromycin) and...

Not to be feisty here but I have several issues with the accuracy of your post -Penicillin is not generally considered a broad spectrum antibiotic - it is effective against primarily gram + bacteria and it's effectiveness (and that of tetracycline ie LA 200) has been greatly diminished by...

glad to hear that JDman-as I recall you sent in a sample - thanks for that? and how about you cash-n-in did you send in a sample? I would hope so - digital subluxation tends to improve with age - the only way to identify the mutation is to submit samples on calves with the condition.

I agree 100% with chambero and would add one thing - if something has been draining pus for more than a month it implies that either there is a nidus of infection (ie there is something in there somewhere, maybe a foreign body, like a stitch or a piece of dead tissue or a piece of barn yard...

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sassy - you appear confused and this is completely wrong - sorry - check out the genetics of coat color at http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/PaleColors.html firesweep - interesting question - my understanding of the dilute gene or genes is that they refer to coat color and although not...

Cold and rainy weather "welcomed" the big crowd to the MSU End of a Legacy Hereford sale at the MSU Beef Barn - the barns looked great, the crowd was big and the cattle looked fabulous - hats off to Cody Sankey and the MSU student crew for a great job - many of the former students, managers and...

So this is something you have to do - not just read the literature - do I have that right?? If so you could do something with cattle behavior and "time budgets"- for example - behavior of cows (calves, pairs) during weaning - behavior of cows dry lotted vs pasture - comparison of bull and...

In our neck of the woods that would be fly bites - they seem to prefer the tail fold area - if you get one in to look at and feel and it is crusty and scabby chances are it's fly bites - if they have something to rub on they rub the scabs off and it can look raw

I don't know what breed this calf is but hypotrichosis (hairlessness) is a genetic condition seen in many breeds with a variety of associated other (sometimes lethal) abnormalities. Your calf, if it should live, will be very susceptible to weather, heat, wet, cold  - ie sunburn, cold stress...