Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Animal Welfare
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 196360" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Obviously a c-section is NOT a great option. However, when the alternative is a prolapsed, crippled(pinched nerve) and/or dead animal and calf, I am of the opinion that it is the BEST option. </p><p></p><p>Why would we need the vet to pull the calf? Well, if there is a malpresentation that we cannot fix ourselves. Our vet is really quite good, plus he's a really big guy and can reach a bit further than we can. It is a call we can make if we are in over our heads, and know that WE can't fix the problem after we have tried for a while!</p><p></p><p>C-section deaths, WOW, I have never seen a cow that died from a c-section, and I have to say I haven't heard of one locally either. We must have some pretty good vets around here. We have also had different vets do them for us (we have had 3 in the last 10 years) and never lost a cow or calf yet. The one cow we lost was OLD. OLD was the reason for the c-section, since she wouldn't dialate. We got a live calf out of her, and she died a couple weeks later, and it wasn't from an infection, she just was too old.</p><p></p><p>I suppose, if you have a dead calf, and you don't feel that the future value of the cow is enough, that a bullet is a fine decision. That is your decision to make, and I am thinking that it is better than yanking a huge dead calf out of her and killing her in the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 196360, member: 2308"] Obviously a c-section is NOT a great option. However, when the alternative is a prolapsed, crippled(pinched nerve) and/or dead animal and calf, I am of the opinion that it is the BEST option. Why would we need the vet to pull the calf? Well, if there is a malpresentation that we cannot fix ourselves. Our vet is really quite good, plus he's a really big guy and can reach a bit further than we can. It is a call we can make if we are in over our heads, and know that WE can't fix the problem after we have tried for a while! C-section deaths, WOW, I have never seen a cow that died from a c-section, and I have to say I haven't heard of one locally either. We must have some pretty good vets around here. We have also had different vets do them for us (we have had 3 in the last 10 years) and never lost a cow or calf yet. The one cow we lost was OLD. OLD was the reason for the c-section, since she wouldn't dialate. We got a live calf out of her, and she died a couple weeks later, and it wasn't from an infection, she just was too old. I suppose, if you have a dead calf, and you don't feel that the future value of the cow is enough, that a bullet is a fine decision. That is your decision to make, and I am thinking that it is better than yanking a huge dead calf out of her and killing her in the process. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Animal Welfare
Top