Randi
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Had this calf born the other day. It was alive, but died shortly
after.
after.
Jeanne - Simme Valley said:That sucks! Just a fluke defect?? - or do you think it's caused by one of the known defects people are testing for?
I had a calf born without a tail. Obviously, not life threatening - has her 2nd calf sucking now. I took a bunch of pictures and sent it in to our national assn. to see if it was something I needed to be worried about. They confirmed it was caused by the way the calf was laying in the womb. No defect.
Randi said:One of those things. We haven't seen this one before. Now we are milking her mama, waiting for a set of twins or one of the cull cows to calve.
gcreekrch said:Randi said:One of those things. We haven't seen this one before. Now we are milking her mama, waiting for a set of twins or one of the cull cows to calve.
I think we have had 3 or 4 of those over the years. Saved the last one by cutting the opening bigger, flushing what was outside well, stuffing back in and sewing up. 10 days of antibiotics followed.
We always blamed an over zealous cow cleaning the calf at birth and ripping the navel out.
Redgully said:gcreekrch said:Randi said:One of those things. We haven't seen this one before. Now we are milking her mama, waiting for a set of twins or one of the cull cows to calve.
I think we have had 3 or 4 of those over the years. Saved the last one by cutting the opening bigger, flushing what was outside well, stuffing back in and sewing up. 10 days of antibiotics followed.
We always blamed an over zealous cow cleaning the calf at birth and ripping the navel out.
I didn't think that was possible, well done on that. I'm going to file that info away in my head for sure.