discharge 10 days after calving

[joe]

I have a heifer that calved a #72 calf, on her own, on may 1st. she cleaned with in a few hours after that. this am she had quite a bit of dark bloody, slimy discharge smeared on her rear. Is this normal this long after calving?

 

[dun]

I have a heifer that calved a #72 calf, on her own, on may 1st. she cleaned with in a few hours after that. this am she had quite a bit of dark bloody, slimy discharge smeared on her rear. Is this normal this long after calving?

Yes. When we use th term "cleaned" right after calving it just means they've passed the afterbirth. The actual "cleaning" process will last several weeks as the uterus envolutes and expells all of the misc gunk.

dun

 

[Beefy]

nicely said, dun.

 

[Double R Ranch]

Couldn't have said it better!!! :clap:

RR

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Oh, Yes! Dun has such a way with words.
But, yes, that's the nitty gritty of it.