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<blockquote data-quote="swiftdood" data-source="post: 1190474" data-attributes="member: 23153"><p>Two weeks ago one of our cows calved a beautiful heifer calf. At birth we noticed it had contracted tendons in its front legs and could stand but was pretty 'knuckled over'. I've seen this in dairy calves....we used to call this 'club footed' and the problem righted itself after a few days. Because the calf had trouble standing to feed off her mother at the start we started it on colostrum from a local dairy for 2 days and are now supplementing her diet with a little milk replacer as well as feeding off momma. The calf is STILL knuckled over. My question is.....is it too late to start splinting the calf's front legs? It's been 2 weeks. I see you can buy calf splints for this problem and have issue with buying them. </p><p></p><p>Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swiftdood, post: 1190474, member: 23153"] Two weeks ago one of our cows calved a beautiful heifer calf. At birth we noticed it had contracted tendons in its front legs and could stand but was pretty 'knuckled over'. I've seen this in dairy calves....we used to call this 'club footed' and the problem righted itself after a few days. Because the calf had trouble standing to feed off her mother at the start we started it on colostrum from a local dairy for 2 days and are now supplementing her diet with a little milk replacer as well as feeding off momma. The calf is STILL knuckled over. My question is.....is it too late to start splinting the calf's front legs? It's been 2 weeks. I see you can buy calf splints for this problem and have issue with buying them. Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give. [/QUOTE]
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