Treatment of a calf with Clostridium chauvoei infection

In a small beef cattle herd, two 2- to 3-month-old calves had died suddenly. A 2.5-month-old calf, with Clostridium chauvoei infection of the right hip and stifle region, was treated successfully with procaine penicillin G. The herd had not been vaccinated against any disease.