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of the country. The odds are, through the summer, they’ve picked up a fairly signifi cant parasite load.” The benefi ts to deworming include improved weight gain and performance of the animals and, he says, it will actually stimulate the animal’s immune system.
What’s the weather going to be like? Another issue is the time of year. The majority of
the U.S. calf crop is still born in the spring, so they get moved to grass operations in the fall. Forage quality and trace minerals will have declined from where they were earlier in the year, causing the calves to experi- ence nutritional stress. And then, as Spire says, there’s the weather. He says, “You’re suddenly moving cattle from the
southeastern part of the U.S. or Texas to Kansas or Ne- braska in October or November. At this time of the year we start getting warm days and cold nights, with rain and occasionally snow. These cattle haven’t adapted to that type of environment and it actually puts a major stressor on them.” This kind of weather means the calves need even
higher caloric and protein contents in their diets just to maintain their normal bodily functions, and Spire says the receiving operation often hasn’t adjusted feed delivery to anticipate that extra need. Some calves will be off their feed for the fi rst 2
weeks after arrival. Others will adapt perfectly well to the new feeding situation and could overeat, causing a different imbalance. Spire explains, “Calves will tend to eat what’s in
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front of them. If we have calves within the group that aren’t eating, that leaves more feed for the calves that are eating. This gives us the chance for some of those calves to overeat and develop subclinical acidosis or full blown acidosis. The signs associated with subclini- cal acidosis often mimic those of respiratory disease.” In most cases acidosis does not produce readily
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observable symptoms, but it’s still enough to affect their intake and the metabolites in their systems. It also can make the calves appear to have respiratory disease, even when the pathogens that cause respira- tory disease are not present. It’s important to monitor feed delivery closely the fi rst 2 weeks after the cattle arrive.
Review after the fi rst 2 weeks Once the crisis presented by the fi rst 2 weeks has
passed, the producer can review the initial vaccina- tion program. Some product labels will indicate that
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