bony cow

Statesmith · Jul 19, 2006

My cow first began drooling and her jaw looked swollen. I thought a snake had bit her, but the problem continued for months. I got her up to look for hardware in her mouth or bad tongue, teeth, but nothing was there. She has lost a large amount of weight. She does not have a calf on her, I took it off of her and I have her up and am feeding her. I have wormed her twice, the second time with an injectible. Any suggestions or ideas as to why she wont gain weight?

WORANCH · Jul 19, 2006

Have her checked by your vet for Johne's .

dun · Jul 19, 2006

How old of a cow and how are her teeth?

dun

A6gal · Jul 19, 2006

I had a cow with a swollen jaw which was dropping weight. The vet looked at her and said her jaw was broken. He gave her antibiotics and said to sell her as soon as her calf is weaned. The swelling has gone down and she has stopped dropping weight but she'll go to the sale when her calf goes in a couple more months.

ALACOWMAN · Jul 19, 2006

sounds like bottle jaw from a heavy parasite load

msscamp · Jul 20, 2006

Statesmith":r5e3y1ra said:
My cow first began drooling and her jaw looked swollen. I thought a snake had bit her, but the problem continued for months. I got her up to look for hardware in her mouth or bad tongue, teeth, but nothing was there. She has lost a large amount of weight. She does not have a calf on her, I took it off of her and I have her up and am feeding her. I have wormed her twice, the second time with an injectible. Any suggestions or ideas as to why she wont gain weight?

Any diarrhea going on?