Malpractice? Advice- Calving loss. .....nightmare

[OH Breeder]

There is no doubt in my mind that you are a hero. A very special man.

Shucks AJ! Thanks!

Now thats what I am talking about.

 

[aj]

The oakley vet service covers a tremendous area. They specialize in cattle. They do alot of feedlot consulting. They rotate late night shifts. What do want form me? Wade Taylor of Taylor black Simmental started the deal. The practice has exploded.

 

[OH Breeder]

The oakley vet service covers a tremendous area. They specialize in cattle. They do alot of feedlot consulting. They rotate late night shifts. What do want form me? Wade Taylor of Taylor black Simmental started the deal. The practice has exploded.

So let me see if I can get this one right

In the land where everyone uses low birthweight performance bulls they are having calving ermegencies at the feedlots. So the feed lots out there are calving and the vets have to stay up all night taking care of low birthweight calves in a feed lot or a simmental feed lot.

 

[aj]

The area feedlots hire these vets as consultants. They autopsy dead slip cattle. Figure a bloat death ratio. They manage health programs for individual pens of cattle. Help determine wet corn -dry corn ratios. The one vet actually scanned cattle for the feedlots but he has moved on. They are essentually a fresh set of eyes if nothing else. They observe the cowboys processing cattle and evaluate things there also.

 

[aj]

I don't have a clue on how many cows are in the area but yes during calving season the vets are busy. Thats one reason they don't like to go to the country cause something usually comes in when they are out. They also have had a vet assistent on call with each vet. An extra set of hands can be really important.

 

[JAGUR01]

Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to send me an email or pm. Seriously. Still working through the confusion. Of course its always the best one's you have ever raised that die on you.  

Few things as this thread has grown.
I am not here to throw vets under the bus. I have allot of respect for what they do. I just had such a level of frustration I wanted to gain some insight as to HOW to handle it and had anyone else had this experience. BELIEVE me when I say, I have learned a valuable lesson. My calving kit will now carry 3 Cat Gut Suture that I have already found for $122 on line. That is a positive thing and has forced me to reevaluate MY readiness.

NO ONE....hint hint ....AJ ....ask how she was BRED. Well, she was bred to a long time marketed calving ease bull. Bull has been out there since 1999 and was used in LOTS of sales on heifers and every AI book sells him as CALVING EASE deluxe end quote. I will not post name of the bull on here because people like AJ will say....." I heard a guy had a 150# calf out of that bull".... and forget the 18 days over due part. Its not the bulls fault. If someone wants to know who the bull was personal message me. I don't believe in running bulls down on internet forum. ALSO- the Heat Wave calves out of this cow WERE carried by a recip that the prior year delivered on her own, nursed and raised TRIPLETS that weighed 65#'s a piece. She calved the HW calves at 85#'s spit them out like peanuts. I do care about MY RECIP cows too. When you find one like that they are worth their weight in gold.  In fact 4 calves nursed her that year and she stayed in condition. Never quiet have ever found one like her. If I ever had a doubt I would have induced her as well. So there were my two Heat Wave calves.

Now- thank you for the advice and the words of wisdom. I  keep coming back to this forum because of the high level of intelligence demonstrated by the MAJORITY of people on here. There is a ton of wisdom that is shared on a daily basis that has helped me in my operation and in LIFE in general.

THAT SUCKS.  THANK GOD HE SAVED THE COW, HOWEVER VETS ARE PAID TO BE PROFESSIONAL($600 FOR A C-SECTION VERY PROFESSIONAL).  FORGETTING SUTURES, NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL.  THERE IS NO WAY YOU SHOULD BE CHARGED EXTRA FOR SECOND TRIP.  MY ADVICE WOULD BE INSTEAD OF BUYING SUTURES FOR EMERGENCY KIT KEEP THE STOCK TRAILER HOOKED UP TO THE TRUCK DURING CALVING SEASON AND BE READY TO HEAD TO THE OSU VET CLINIC IF ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS OCCUR.
AJ SORRY TO HEAR YOU HAVE DYSLEXIA, JACKASS IS ABBREVIATED J A