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Cow has lumpy jaw? Ship now or 3 mos after hopefully calving
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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 1005238" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>Having delt with a lot of lumpy jaw, ship her at weaning unless she is assessing again.</p><p>If the absess moves around, not connected to the jaw, it is what it is, an absess. However, if it does not move and is connected to the jaw, lumpy jaw it is.</p><p>The condition will subside then flare up. It will honeycomb the bone and eventually get into the sinus cavities. When ever it breaks open and when ever it drips she becomes a source of contamination spreading it to other cows. How? By leaving behind the drippings in and around the water tank, salt feeder, mineral feeder and in the hay or grass. Another cow comes along, eats, drinks, and ingests the bacteria. Now if that cow does not have a poke in the mouth from hay or straw, or a tooth problem, no problem. But, if she has a sore in her mouth tha anaplasmosis bacteria gets into the sore and then infects the jaw.</p><p>Now why do I say get rid of...first off can only ship if there are no open sores or temp or infection, otherwise she should be condemned. Our vet and I tore open a cow we put down with a bad case...not pretty. I would not eat.</p><p>We decided to keep a cow who would heal and then break out. Eventually by the time all was said and done, we had 6 cows with it and learned some hard valuable lessons....one of which, there is no shortage of good cows, get rid of the crappers.</p><p>Next if you are seeing cases of lumpy jaw, woody tongue or foot rot, evaluate your mineral. Lack of iodine is a primary reason why their bodies can not fight off the bacteria. Since we have started to add extra iodine, on the advice of the vet, our cases of all three have stopped. Hubby got complacent this spring and now we have a cow who will be railed this fall if she does not break out.</p><p>We notice it seems to take hold in the younger cows because they are teething. In years when the alfalfa hay is more stick like we see problems as well because they get mouth punctures.</p><p>Finally we did do an iodine on a very pregnant cow..2x. Yes there is a huge risk. We chose to take the risk and we did not loose the calf...next time could go south. It was a risk, we knew it we did it...go with what you are comfortable with but know the risks and know that it will not always result in a positive outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 1005238, member: 6198"] Having delt with a lot of lumpy jaw, ship her at weaning unless she is assessing again. If the absess moves around, not connected to the jaw, it is what it is, an absess. However, if it does not move and is connected to the jaw, lumpy jaw it is. The condition will subside then flare up. It will honeycomb the bone and eventually get into the sinus cavities. When ever it breaks open and when ever it drips she becomes a source of contamination spreading it to other cows. How? By leaving behind the drippings in and around the water tank, salt feeder, mineral feeder and in the hay or grass. Another cow comes along, eats, drinks, and ingests the bacteria. Now if that cow does not have a poke in the mouth from hay or straw, or a tooth problem, no problem. But, if she has a sore in her mouth tha anaplasmosis bacteria gets into the sore and then infects the jaw. Now why do I say get rid of...first off can only ship if there are no open sores or temp or infection, otherwise she should be condemned. Our vet and I tore open a cow we put down with a bad case...not pretty. I would not eat. We decided to keep a cow who would heal and then break out. Eventually by the time all was said and done, we had 6 cows with it and learned some hard valuable lessons....one of which, there is no shortage of good cows, get rid of the crappers. Next if you are seeing cases of lumpy jaw, woody tongue or foot rot, evaluate your mineral. Lack of iodine is a primary reason why their bodies can not fight off the bacteria. Since we have started to add extra iodine, on the advice of the vet, our cases of all three have stopped. Hubby got complacent this spring and now we have a cow who will be railed this fall if she does not break out. We notice it seems to take hold in the younger cows because they are teething. In years when the alfalfa hay is more stick like we see problems as well because they get mouth punctures. Finally we did do an iodine on a very pregnant cow..2x. Yes there is a huge risk. We chose to take the risk and we did not loose the calf...next time could go south. It was a risk, we knew it we did it...go with what you are comfortable with but know the risks and know that it will not always result in a positive outcome. [/QUOTE]
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