showsteercowgirl
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Alright folks, today we just finished up our third round of vaccines (out of 4) for Anaplasmosis. We had a cow that got ill in late August. We thought it was just her rumen and of course had the vet come out to check her. The vet said we just needed to get her re-hydrated and get her to eat and give a lot of boluses to get that rumen going again. Well a few days later, she was still not showing improvement and the vet came out again. The vet decided to pull blood on her (with consent) and send it to Michigan State for testing for this Anaplasmosis. We did a large IV on her, treated her with Oxytetracycline,and took more blood to check her PCV (red blood cell count). The vet called us later to tell us her PCV was 7 (about 1/4 of what it should be). He wanted to do a blood transfusion on her but we declined, due to the cost. She died 5 days later, and they confirmed it was in fact, Anaplasmosis. Our vet told us that it is much more prevalent in the South, and so we are mystified as to how we got it here in NW Ohio. Our cows dont travel anywhere except to local county fairs for open class. Anyone else seen this before? We also have had 2 more cows that have been sick (we suspect the same stuff) but have managed to pull them through since we caught them sooner. We are now treating the whole herd for it, and hope to be rid of the disease. Would love for someone to give me some more information on it if you've experienced it!