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Anyone w/ experience w/ frozen hooves on valuable calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1137896" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>That is good to hear. </p><p></p><p>Just a tip from me to think about - With sheep it is much easier to deal with injuries like burnt feet, arthritis in joints, broken bones etc with a light animal than a heavy one. The heavier the animal the more likely it is to have a) an injury or illness in the first place, and b) not be able to recover from it.</p><p></p><p>Foot abscesses in sheep are often related simply to the weight of the sheep. Heavy sheep put more pressure between the toes than light sheep and the weight itself predisposes to foot abscesses with turn quickly into infection in the foot joints. Foot abscess in rams is much much more common in ewes. Also from my few years I have needled bulls quite a few times for abscess, but never have I had a cow with foot abscess. </p><p></p><p>If it was my calf I was trying to keep going I would try to keep her weight down. She will not look as good. Because of the drought, bushfire, snow at wrong times etc etc, I have a few small undernourished young cows. There is nothing wrong with their fertility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1137896, member: 18575"] That is good to hear. Just a tip from me to think about - With sheep it is much easier to deal with injuries like burnt feet, arthritis in joints, broken bones etc with a light animal than a heavy one. The heavier the animal the more likely it is to have a) an injury or illness in the first place, and b) not be able to recover from it. Foot abscesses in sheep are often related simply to the weight of the sheep. Heavy sheep put more pressure between the toes than light sheep and the weight itself predisposes to foot abscesses with turn quickly into infection in the foot joints. Foot abscess in rams is much much more common in ewes. Also from my few years I have needled bulls quite a few times for abscess, but never have I had a cow with foot abscess. If it was my calf I was trying to keep going I would try to keep her weight down. She will not look as good. Because of the drought, bushfire, snow at wrong times etc etc, I have a few small undernourished young cows. There is nothing wrong with their fertility. [/QUOTE]
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