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Give her the multimin as directed,and B12 if you can get it. Banamine won't hurt either.

Does anyone know if this calf does make it if it causes future problems? Would we be able to keep her?

Make sure that if it is white muscle that you may want to dose your cows prior to calving. I would also make sure they have high selenium mineral in front of them. You probably already do that but the multimin can be used on those cows. Might help.

I have saved them with Bo-Se, and I have lost some.  You have to get right on it.
I would give it 10cc right into the muscle.  Usually you give them 5, but that is more for prevention than treatment.
If its not better, I would give it 5 tomorrow, but if you give them too much its toxic. Ask a vet how much is too much.
Sometimes they are okay, if you treat it immediately.
I saved one that was never right, although it did survive. Always acted kind of brain damaged and held its held turned to one side. She never bred, so she got beefed out.

I have a calf that is 1 1/2 months old and has a healthy appetite and is alert. 5 days ago he was staggering with no control of hind legs. In a matter of hours he couldn't get up and his neck was stiff and head brought way back over his shoulders. At birth he had 1cc of multimin. I talked to a neighbor and he assumed white muscle. I gave him 5cc of BoSe and 5cc Penicillin and 1 teaspoon of right time mineral in mouth. Had vet look at him, he gave him a shot of vitamin B. vet also thought it was white muscle.     Where do I go.  Please help!!

WOW!! thanks what dosage and how long.

In the feedlots we called them brainers because they would get down and thrash around on the ground. We would give them thiamine in the vein and in a few minutes they would get up and walk off.  You can use fortified b vitamins if it has thiamine in it. We also see it in goats
Sometimes. I have saved several of them with the b vitamins if it was all I had. Just have to give a pretty big dose.