Hey everyone!
I’ve got a hot tip for anyone raising ruminants (specifically sheep). I promise this is just a PSA - I’m not a dealer or a rep or in any way affiliated/connected/in contact with the company…
I started using Bovi-Glo during lambing and I’m totally over the moon with it. I have only used 1 dose of antibiotic on 1 out of 120 lambs. I’ve been using it a few ways…
- A dose for each ewe while in the jug
- 1mL per day for all my bottle lambs (and 3mL for calves) as a preventative since, as we all know, they tend to be more sensitive since they aren’t getting the right bacteria from their mother
- 3mL for any lamb with a dirty bum (dries them right up within 24 hrs)
- AND FINALLY! A hypothermic lamb who got an E coli infection and would up with watery mouth. This is the greatest triumph. I tubed him with colostrum collected from another ewe but it isn’t sterile of course. He wound up with Watery Mouth. I gave 3mL of Bovi-Glo when the drooling started and more with neomycin 3 hours later. Figured he’d been dead when I got back in the morning - we never have good luck treating watery mouth. Well he made a full recovery and was eating like a champ within a couple days. I’m absolutely thrilled.
So! Go out and get yourself a bottle (you can get it from BioAg or Minor Bros) and save yourself some time, money, and stress (no paperwork to fill out if you don’t use antibiotics! haha).