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I have a heifer born April 5. That has had a constant cough. She has been treated with Excede injection 4 times now. In beginning of September had thick nose drainage and cough treat then. And again two weeks later. Now still has cough. Treated 11/15 and again last night. Poor girl will cough getting up and down. Sometimes so hard she poops too. I need help suggestions please!

She is gaining slow but good weight on show feed, clad manna, and power fuel twice daily.

Have you had a vet out to look at her? If Excede isn't working then it's probably viral rather than bacterial and you should stop wasting your money on antibiotics.

I used to have calves that had similar problems, I put apple cider vinegar in the water.  It helped.  You may have something different. 

We have 2 that have very labored breathing and its really hard for me to listen to Its Been going on a long time The various theories about seasonal weed viruses etc dont pan out because it never goes away and it does affect their general condition Turns out-the last vet I spoke with said he sees it in herds and its not contagious (same with ours) He thinks (based upon experience and a description of the very loud labored breathing) they have developed pollips in the nose-this restricts airflow Not really treatable which aint good Just need to help them along some and my buddy has allways done that

Quote from: beebe on December 03, 2021, 04:17:27 PM

I used to have calves that had similar problems, I put apple cider vinegar in the water.  It helped.  You may have something different.

How much should I add to 16 gallon bucket?

an ounce or two a day.