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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 1363442" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'm incredibly skeptical on the diagnosis but glad the outcome is good.</p><p></p><p>...I've seen 100-200 broken legs in the past year in various ages of cattle and degrees of severity and healing...if the bone was sticking out of the skin that also means it was not in alignment. That leg is far too straight at 6 weeks later for that to be the case. 110% certain. Legs that are even slightly deformed are the most frustrating fracture healing complication for me; depending on where on the limb and degree of deformation they still tend to take 6-8 weeks of time after the fracture itself has healed to regain normal structure in situations where it is even possible. Been there done that watched a lot of them to see what would happen. I've shot a couple that became progressively more deformed as the animal began weight bearing.</p><p></p><p>Occasionally closed breaks will heal on their own if the animal will protect/not use the leg (not an ideal scenario)... I've had the occasional femur or humerus fracture that I've successfully "treated" with time as they aren't in a location to cast... open breaks turn into enough of a nasty septic mess I shoot 99.9% of them up front. </p><p></p><p>Very skeptical on the diagnosis and would not encourage anyone reading this post to leave a cow with a broken leg alone thinking it will heal up... that's my main concern with posts like this which make it sound as if treatment may not be necessary. I agree that cattle are tough... I see it every day... but not that tough. In the days before antibiotics both people and cattle died of much more benign things than open fractures, and many still do in spite of antibiotics.</p><p></p><p>It's a welfare issue folks. Take care of your cattle appropriately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 1363442, member: 852"] I'm incredibly skeptical on the diagnosis but glad the outcome is good. ...I've seen 100-200 broken legs in the past year in various ages of cattle and degrees of severity and healing...if the bone was sticking out of the skin that also means it was not in alignment. That leg is far too straight at 6 weeks later for that to be the case. 110% certain. Legs that are even slightly deformed are the most frustrating fracture healing complication for me; depending on where on the limb and degree of deformation they still tend to take 6-8 weeks of time after the fracture itself has healed to regain normal structure in situations where it is even possible. Been there done that watched a lot of them to see what would happen. I've shot a couple that became progressively more deformed as the animal began weight bearing. Occasionally closed breaks will heal on their own if the animal will protect/not use the leg (not an ideal scenario)... I've had the occasional femur or humerus fracture that I've successfully "treated" with time as they aren't in a location to cast... open breaks turn into enough of a nasty septic mess I shoot 99.9% of them up front. Very skeptical on the diagnosis and would not encourage anyone reading this post to leave a cow with a broken leg alone thinking it will heal up... that's my main concern with posts like this which make it sound as if treatment may not be necessary. I agree that cattle are tough... I see it every day... but not that tough. In the days before antibiotics both people and cattle died of much more benign things than open fractures, and many still do in spite of antibiotics. It's a welfare issue folks. Take care of your cattle appropriately. [/QUOTE]
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