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Hopefully just a bit of time will sort it out. Ken

TC, that dog sitting position is often what you get in animals with spinal injuries up around the thoraco lumbar area. That word dog sitting is what is used to describe it. Does she have much tone in her tail? Ken

You are giving her every opportunity TC. Ken

How many cows or calves are you doing? With small numbers and due to pack sizes it may be more economical to have the vet do it, they may have others to do at the same time so unused vaccine does not get wasted. For best effect the calves should be vaccinated prior to weaning so the immunity is...

Jan, here there are intramamery cloxacillin in intramamery tubes labelled as eye ointment and registered for sale and use in the eye. The cloxacillin is supposed to maintain therapeutic levels in the eye for 72 hours per the manufactures claims. Ken

Cloxacillin intramamary put between the eyelids works very well, rarely needs a 2nd application. Ken

I would think it would be the two heifers followed by the dry cow then the bull. Bulls very quickly become lazy old mongrels that just want to lie down and sleep unless they have a cow to follow. This is just my opinion, nothing proven but I don't manage pasture by either, I manage it by looking...

Did the Vets have a good look inside the mouth? Ken

My immediate answer would be no Dave however if you google prostaglandins and inflammation they are responsible for producing inflammation and initiating the response for healing so you never know if somehow it initiated some inflammation in the nuts and resulted in some temporary infertility...

Heifers can be real bitches when an outsider is introduced to a group. Ken

I take it when you say she went to a breeder that she had an encounter with a bull? Injuries can happen with being bred by a bull especially if she was dropped off there while in season the bull can be just a bit keen with the new girl. It is unfortunate but happens. Phenylbutazone is not...

My experience with insurance companies is they want a Vet to do an autopsy on them and identify the animal to make sure it is the one they insured. Ken

Can you get some more photos of her standing to see the overall condition, is she scouring? Any swelling around her brisket? Any fluid under her jaw? What is her breathing like and exercise tolerance? Ken

Is it only on the one foot? Ken

Welcome Bopeep. how did you deal with the testicles? How old were these calves? Sheep?? The covering of the testicles (tunica) can fill with blood and that sac may protrude through the wound. Freeing the tunica away from the testicles and then wrapping the cord around your finger and pulling...

I'd contact the manufacturer and ask for advice. Ken

More often than not an ear infection starts off with some foreign body or chemical causing the irritation and the bacteria come along secondary to an already inflamed ear, especially in one ear of one cow in a herd. Always good if you can get a foreign body out. Ken

Did you feed her carrots? They can seem blind with lead poisoning. Ken

Se is one mineral that comes to mind that can be overdosed. Ken

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