Bleeding Cow

[Scotty]

Went back in the pasture this Am to look around. Had one of the wifes polled long horns show up with blood all aorund the tail head. At first it looked like she had been shot with a small cal. rifle. Got her in the shoot and it was an opneing the size of a 3/4 bolt. Tissue sticking outward like it was an exit wound. I had not noticed any abceses. Grainy, hard white tissue. Did not feel any fever. Cleanied the wound and let her go into a small trap to watch. Really not that bad of a wound. The bood ran to the switch and she swated flies and spread it. Any ideas?



Scotty

 

[Texan]

You completely ruled out the gunshot?

 

[Scotty]

I could only stick my finger in 1/4 of an inch. Also it was right by the tail head. Would have been a straight down shot.


Scotty

 

[frenchie]

. Would have been a straight down shot.


Scotty

If she was standing up when it happened...

 

[msscamp]

Went back in the pasture this Am to look around. Had one of the wifes polled long horns show up with blood all aorund the tail head. At first it looked like she had been shot with a small cal. rifle. Got her in the shoot and it was an opneing the size of a 3/4 bolt. Tissue sticking outward like it was an exit wound. I had not noticed any abceses. Grainy, hard white tissue. Did not feel any fever. Cleanied the wound and let her go into a small trap to watch. Really not that bad of a wound. The bood ran to the switch and she swated flies and spread it. Any ideas?
Scotty

Any chance she might have been scratching on a tree and got a sharp pointed branch stuck in her? Pulling off the branch would explain the tissue sticking outwards. Just a guess.

 

[Scotty]

Ant thing possible at this point. Really didn't seam to hurt her until I stepped in. DUH. Not around any pens or mechanicle devices. Maybe a Mesquite.



Scotty

 

[msscamp]

Ant thing possible at this point. Really didn't seam to hurt her until I stepped in. DUH. Not around any pens or mechanicle devices. Maybe a Mesquite.



Scotty

That was kind of what I was wondering, too. Cattle are notorious for scratching their backsides and it is my understanding that the mesquites can be somewhat sharp. No personal experience with mesquites, as they don't grow up here, only heresay.

 

[Beefy]

could have been one of them new age mesquitoes.

 

[D.R. Cattle]

Went back in the pasture this Am to look around. Had one of the wifes polled long horns show up with blood all aorund the tail head. At first it looked like she had been shot with a small cal. rifle. Got her in the shoot and it was an opneing the size of a 3/4 bolt. Tissue sticking outward like it was an exit wound. I had not noticed any abceses. Grainy, hard white tissue. Did not feel any fever. Cleanied the wound and let her go into a small trap to watch. Really not that bad of a wound. The bood ran to the switch and she swated flies and spread it. Any ideas?



Scotty

Polled longhorn? I've learned something new today.

 

[Scotty]

When my wife was a child she and her sister got a horse. It had a colt that ended up dying. MY FIL baught them both bottle babies to ease the hurt. MY wifes was a longhorn. Several generations later and using Angus bulls we have completly bred the horns off but no luck with the spots. They look like longhorns but are polled. I figure you can have a polled shorthorn whynot a polled longhorn. ;-)


Scotty

 

[dbc]

do you have a picture?

 

[Scotty]

Sorry, no. All seams well now. Scabbed over and no bleeding.


Scotty

 

[jshep]

I have a bull with blood coming out of his right nostril - not too bad. Is this something l should be concerned with? l noticied this today nothing else looks abnormal. He is 21/2 yrs old. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

 

[A.J.]

If he’s acting normal, and it’s not bleeding much I wouldn’t be too concerned. I would keep an eye on it tho. He could have bumped it against something, or accidentally stuck something up it.

 

[jshep]

that what l was thinking first time l have ever seen it before but l am a newbe farmer thanks for the lnfo

 

[Newwell@2015]

Cattle have a way getting into stuff, crazy and impossible situations that make you scratch your head.
I’ve had them stick their heads in places and get stuck, I had a group of bred heifer’s on a rental place, went to check and one didn’t come up, they weren’t close to calving, so I went looking for her. When I found her there was an old bob truck they used in an old go cart track, she had her head under the truck between the wheel and the fender. The fun part was getting her out, I stood on her neck to push her head down so she could back out. She had been there long enough and struggled so long she was exhausted and her head was swelled, the hair was wore off her neck but luckily didn’t break the skin. She staggered around for awhile but she was ok

 

[jshep]

Checked on my bull today his nose is good thank you Lord and thank you good people that told me not to worry about it. l have enough to do. I need a head gate but that is down the road.

 

[bird dog]

If you have a bull, you surely have bred cows. Get those pens and head gate (or squeeze chute) asap. It ain't easy trying to catch a cow in the field that is having calving problems much less having to do something with her if you get a rope around her. Get some pens built and starting feeding the cows to get them used to being in them. You will thank me some day.