I have an adult cow this is loosing the edges of its ears very much like a calf with frostbit ears - only she's a 3 year old cow and no freezing weather. Any thoughts? real slow around the edges. Started on one ear now looks like the other is doing it.
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You're in Michigan yet you say no freezing weather? I would think the effects of frostbite would show up a couple of months after the event.
Hopefully someone else will have a better hypothesis.
Hopefully someone else will have a better hypothesis.
TennesseeTuxedo":ply85t4w said:
Good point. Nothing that cold recently, but I guess we had our share. First time I've ever seen it in an adult animal however. Even the calves don't get it if they dry off so for a cow to get it seems really odd.
Have you asked a vet?
I'm surprised no one else has commented here.
I'm surprised no one else has commented here.
JW IN VA
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Frostbite would have been my guess.May be not common in adults attle but maybe poor circulation?
aprille218
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We had some cows that had frost damage to their ears 2 years ago. Wet cold weather is often the cause.
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Nesikep
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I had a yearling steer that lost a bit of the tips of his ears a month after a miseable night in November.. it started with freezing rain and dropped down to -5F the same night, with snow and all.. I'd guess it's frostbite as well.
