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Belly Edema??
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1345955" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Heifers do this... for a reason that is specific to young cows. I got heaps of them like that in my pasture right now.</p><p>Older cows generally don't.</p><p>Having said that, I've seen belly edema once in a cow that had just had twins... it didn't look like this, more like a distended barrel, don't recall why the fluid collected there but I asked the vet about it and was told it would go away on its own and wasn't a problem, and it did. She was a four year old the year she had the twins.</p><p></p><p>I can't say anything about the cow pictured. Dun's 'benign neglect' perhaps is best advice, it may go away on its own or it may be a symptom in much the same way that edema under the jaw is a symptom of some unpleasant conditions - in which case you'd expect her to not look in such good health.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1345955, member: 9267"] Heifers do this... for a reason that is specific to young cows. I got heaps of them like that in my pasture right now. Older cows generally don't. Having said that, I've seen belly edema once in a cow that had just had twins... it didn't look like this, more like a distended barrel, don't recall why the fluid collected there but I asked the vet about it and was told it would go away on its own and wasn't a problem, and it did. She was a four year old the year she had the twins. I can't say anything about the cow pictured. Dun's 'benign neglect' perhaps is best advice, it may go away on its own or it may be a symptom in much the same way that edema under the jaw is a symptom of some unpleasant conditions - in which case you'd expect her to not look in such good health. [/QUOTE]
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