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Calf died. Sloshy stomach and bent front hooves
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1401810" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Hanging a calf over the gate/panel/stall divider does nothing to 'drain fluid' from the lungs; probably just makes it harder for the calf to breathe, due to weight of abdominal organs pressing on the diaphragm... if any significant fluid comes out, it's probably coming from the calf's abomasum(stomach). </p><p>They sure didn't teach us to hang calves in vet school, but somewhere along the line, I picked that up early in practice... but it's wrong. I wouldn't do it today, and sure won't recommend the practice to anyone. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and holding the calf by the back feet and swinging them around in a circle doesn't do anything helpful, either. </p><p></p><p>Any minimal amount of 'fluid' that may be present in a calf's respiratory tract is solely in the trachea; lungs are essentially 'collapsed' (not full of fluid!) until that calf takes a breath and inflates them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1401810, member: 12607"] Hanging a calf over the gate/panel/stall divider does nothing to 'drain fluid' from the lungs; probably just makes it harder for the calf to breathe, due to weight of abdominal organs pressing on the diaphragm... if any significant fluid comes out, it's probably coming from the calf's abomasum(stomach). They sure didn't teach us to hang calves in vet school, but somewhere along the line, I picked that up early in practice... but it's wrong. I wouldn't do it today, and sure won't recommend the practice to anyone. Oh, and holding the calf by the back feet and swinging them around in a circle doesn't do anything helpful, either. Any minimal amount of 'fluid' that may be present in a calf's respiratory tract is solely in the trachea; lungs are essentially 'collapsed' (not full of fluid!) until that calf takes a breath and inflates them. [/QUOTE]
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