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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1744043" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Have seen a few dairy cows do that, relapse, and sometimes just get better. Sometimes they just don't and always have one leg worse than the other. If she laid just wrong or another cow might have jostled her it could easily put the pressure back on that nerve. We always put hobbles on the cows. If she can get it a little better, then might be able to raise the calf but you would do well to keep her close and not let her in with other big cows where she could just get bumped off balance. Most all dairies have wound up shipping the cows when they are "walking better"... but she might make you a good beef once the calf is big enough to wean. The calf will often give them more of an incentive to "try", so might be to your best interest to try to get her back home if possible. </p><p>Had one dairyman here with a cow that would swing back and forth from better to worse... lifted her for a couple weeks several times a day (purebred show cattle) and one day it seemed to get jiggled a bit and seemed better. Then he had a vet that did chiropractic care work on her every other week and she wound up getting alot better and they flushed her for a couple years after that. So, I think that it is as [USER=42572]@PSMCL[/USER] said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1744043, member: 25884"] Have seen a few dairy cows do that, relapse, and sometimes just get better. Sometimes they just don't and always have one leg worse than the other. If she laid just wrong or another cow might have jostled her it could easily put the pressure back on that nerve. We always put hobbles on the cows. If she can get it a little better, then might be able to raise the calf but you would do well to keep her close and not let her in with other big cows where she could just get bumped off balance. Most all dairies have wound up shipping the cows when they are "walking better"... but she might make you a good beef once the calf is big enough to wean. The calf will often give them more of an incentive to "try", so might be to your best interest to try to get her back home if possible. Had one dairyman here with a cow that would swing back and forth from better to worse... lifted her for a couple weeks several times a day (purebred show cattle) and one day it seemed to get jiggled a bit and seemed better. Then he had a vet that did chiropractic care work on her every other week and she wound up getting alot better and they flushed her for a couple years after that. So, I think that it is as [USER=42572]@PSMCL[/USER] said. [/QUOTE]
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