randiliana
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We have a sick cow. She is not a "high speed" or exceptionally "perky" animal, but even for her she seemed off. Before today the only symptoms were droopy ears and the fact that she doesn't seem to be able to lift her tail. She is a 9 year old simm x angus. She has been like this for at least a month. Her coat is shiny and she has not lost weight and she does not drag her feet although she moves veeerrry slowly. Today we noticed that she is swollen under the jaw. It is fluid filled, not hard, and doesn't seem painful. It also looks like her lymph nodes are swollen. She has been wormed with Ivomec injectible. She did not come up for grain this morning, but she has been moving around the pen they are in (a couple acres). She is on good alfalfa/grass hay, and she has been drinking. I am thinking that her pregnancy has been hard on her (in response to the slowness) perhaps due to twins or a large calf. As for the lump, we gave her a shot of penicillin, and some vitamin ADE (since we didn't give them a shot earlier this winter). If she doesn't appear to improve over the weekend we will call the vet and see what he says, I don't think it is life or death, and if it is we only hope to keep her going until she calves. If we can't well, she is a $75 BSE cow, and we won't be spending a bunch of money on her.