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Cow with badly swollen legs ?
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<blockquote data-quote="gman4691" data-source="post: 1848271" data-attributes="member: 43107"><p>Was she shipped here? Sometimes cows that have been shipped can get small lacerations on their legs that aren't really noticeable. Bacterial infections can occur from spending time in enclosed spaces from exposure to fecal matter. Or could it be blackleg? If it is, she won't last long after lameness sets in - 2 or 3 days. If caught early enough, penicillin might help but blackleg is almost always fatal. Here, we always vaccinate for blackleg as it is a soil borne bacteria and there isn't a good treatment for it. Just a couple of thoughts. Other than injury and/or infection, I don't know what could be causing that. As it was in one leg and then showed up in others, I would go with a good course of antibiotics with short acting penicillin. Of course, I'm no vet…have you had her blood tested to determine whether there is a bacterial infection?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gman4691, post: 1848271, member: 43107"] Was she shipped here? Sometimes cows that have been shipped can get small lacerations on their legs that aren't really noticeable. Bacterial infections can occur from spending time in enclosed spaces from exposure to fecal matter. Or could it be blackleg? If it is, she won't last long after lameness sets in - 2 or 3 days. If caught early enough, penicillin might help but blackleg is almost always fatal. Here, we always vaccinate for blackleg as it is a soil borne bacteria and there isn’t a good treatment for it. Just a couple of thoughts. Other than injury and/or infection, I don’t know what could be causing that. As it was in one leg and then showed up in others, I would go with a good course of antibiotics with short acting penicillin. Of course, I’m no vet…have you had her blood tested to determine whether there is a bacterial infection? [/QUOTE]
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