Topic for DL or someone equally as genius! (Bloat)

willow · Apr 1, 2012

We had a calf (bottle baby) that would bloat after we let her out of her pen and she ran around. If we let her out prior to eating in the evening she usually did fine, but anytime post eating even four hours or so after she would still get an acute onset of bloat and this most recent time she died. What could cause her to bloat and die so rapidly from just running around? What kind of bloat is this?

willow · Apr 2, 2012

PDJ · Apr 2, 2012

willow said:
We had a calf (bottle baby) that would bloat after we let her out of her pen and she ran around. If we let her out prior to eating in the evening she usually did fine, but anytime post eating even four hours or so after she would still get an acute onset of bloat and this most recent time she died. What could cause her to bloat and die so rapidly from just running around? What kind of bloat is this?

Just curious what kind of ration she is on. Sometimes the wrong type of hay can cause bloat, just not sure what the running around would do.

jbzdad · Apr 2, 2012

kinda wonder if she had an opening between her esophagus and trachea and got a lot of air into her stomach from breathing while exercising... usually this problem causes symptoms with coughing after feeding... did she cough a lot?

willow · Apr 2, 2012

First she was 9 weeks old. Her ration consisted of milk, good grass hay (not much as she just picked at it) and maybe 1/2lb of a complete feed/day (which is all she would eat). The funny thing is she always acted totally normal until she got out and ran. She did cough some, but not enough to where it was alarming.

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