Dexamethasone - Veterinary Medicine Week Day 2

This is day two of the veterinary medicine week, and today I wanted to talk about dexamethasone. Unlike nuflor, dexamethasone is a steroid which is a type of man-made hormone used for the management of inflammation, pain, and many more! Typically dexamethasone is given if a cow is in any physical discomfort. We use it sparingly at our farm because we have another drug that preforms a very similar action. This would be Prevail, however the main difference between Prevail and dexamethasone is that Prevail is classified as a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) while dexamethasone is a steroid. 

Today I was in charge of getting the silage for the weaned calves in the calf barn. It was snowing a little bit outside and the breeze was extra chilly so I made sure to bundle up before driving across the farm in the tractor. I made a short video of myself driving the tractor and unloading it in the calf pens linked below. I am always extra careful when unloading the silage because sometimes the calves can get overly excited and climb into the feed troughs, but luckily I kept them all under control! Our calves get fresh silage every morning as needed, but if you ask me they seem far more excited to pick out and eat the grain before anything else.   

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Today we had one heifer calf born in the afternoon.

Today we shipped 5,012 gallons of milk.