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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 363450" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>This is a first for us. Never had a deformed calf here before, that I can recall. Cow calved this afternoon. At first glance we just thought she had had the first calf of twins. When we got the calf up though we noticed that there was something strange about its back legs. But we just dragged it into the barn to check the cow for another calf, which wasn't in there. So back to the calf. He was pretty lively, but couldn't get up. When we finally got him up his front was developed fine, but the backlegs were like a jackrabbit (for lack of a better description). The one leg was worse than the other, and his fetlocks would not bend.</p><p></p><p>The cow is Hereford, and the bull was Black Angus. No idea what bull in particular, since she was in the Community Pasture last summer. We fostered one of our bottle calves onto her. She seems to have accepted it with no problems.</p><p></p><p>Here are some pic's of the deformed calf.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformeda.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformed.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformedb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformedd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Any ideas??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 363450, member: 2308"] This is a first for us. Never had a deformed calf here before, that I can recall. Cow calved this afternoon. At first glance we just thought she had had the first calf of twins. When we got the calf up though we noticed that there was something strange about its back legs. But we just dragged it into the barn to check the cow for another calf, which wasn't in there. So back to the calf. He was pretty lively, but couldn't get up. When we finally got him up his front was developed fine, but the backlegs were like a jackrabbit (for lack of a better description). The one leg was worse than the other, and his fetlocks would not bend. The cow is Hereford, and the bull was Black Angus. No idea what bull in particular, since she was in the Community Pasture last summer. We fostered one of our bottle calves onto her. She seems to have accepted it with no problems. Here are some pic's of the deformed calf. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformeda.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformed.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformedb.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/randiliana/46deformedd.jpg[/img] Any ideas?? [/QUOTE]
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