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<blockquote data-quote="WarEagle73" data-source="post: 1307640" data-attributes="member: 19171"><p>We had a calf born yesterday with a pretty major skull/head deformity. The calf was born alive, but exhibited extremely limited/impaired mental capacity. Could not stand. Made no effort to right itself. Wildly kicked its legs. It looks a lot like a Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH) calf to me (or at least like the pictures I have found on the internet). </p><p></p><p>The calf is out of a second calf cow sired by a Mytty In Focus son out of a commercial cow with some Holstein influence (25%). The sire of the calf is a Simangus. After some digging, the bull does go back to Precision 1680, but through a NHF son. EDIT-Kept digging and found a NH Carrier cow on the bottom of the bulls pedigree. Maternal grand-dam, but again through a NHF daughter. Additionally the bull that the cow is sired by appears to be NHF and I actually had a handful of accidental father-daughter matings last year with no ill effects like this.</p><p></p><p>Below are a couple pictures. I should have taken it to our diagnostic lab, but dad had it buried before I thought about it. Thoughts on possible causes?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/AD05B47A-09D9-408D-B848-8CC4A9C4C753_zpsplmv1juu.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/AD05B47A-09D9-408D-B848-8CC4A9C4C753_zpsplmv1juu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/E2A95FBB-0A3F-4E23-BF1C-3089DFE39D2C_zpscfz7ucwv.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/E2A95FBB-0A3F-4E23-BF1C-3089DFE39D2C_zpscfz7ucwv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/26888D04-1CF4-44E9-A17E-588C8D468ED4_zps3ltd1pmk.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/26888D04-1CF4-44E9-A17E-588C8D468ED4_zps3ltd1pmk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WarEagle73, post: 1307640, member: 19171"] We had a calf born yesterday with a pretty major skull/head deformity. The calf was born alive, but exhibited extremely limited/impaired mental capacity. Could not stand. Made no effort to right itself. Wildly kicked its legs. It looks a lot like a Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH) calf to me (or at least like the pictures I have found on the internet). The calf is out of a second calf cow sired by a Mytty In Focus son out of a commercial cow with some Holstein influence (25%). The sire of the calf is a Simangus. After some digging, the bull does go back to Precision 1680, but through a NHF son. EDIT-Kept digging and found a NH Carrier cow on the bottom of the bulls pedigree. Maternal grand-dam, but again through a NHF daughter. Additionally the bull that the cow is sired by appears to be NHF and I actually had a handful of accidental father-daughter matings last year with no ill effects like this. Below are a couple pictures. I should have taken it to our diagnostic lab, but dad had it buried before I thought about it. Thoughts on possible causes? [url=http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/AD05B47A-09D9-408D-B848-8CC4A9C4C753_zpsplmv1juu.jpg.html][img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/AD05B47A-09D9-408D-B848-8CC4A9C4C753_zpsplmv1juu.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/E2A95FBB-0A3F-4E23-BF1C-3089DFE39D2C_zpscfz7ucwv.jpg.html][img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/E2A95FBB-0A3F-4E23-BF1C-3089DFE39D2C_zpscfz7ucwv.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://s130.photobucket.com/user/tigue73/media/26888D04-1CF4-44E9-A17E-588C8D468ED4_zps3ltd1pmk.jpg.html][img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/tigue73/26888D04-1CF4-44E9-A17E-588C8D468ED4_zps3ltd1pmk.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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