inyati13
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Foot problems in cattle seems to be common. My friends, always say it is footrot or fescue toe. They don't even look. They put the animal in a chute and inject LA 200. If it does not get better, they call the vet. My neighbor just did that with his bull. Finally, called the vet for footrot and when the vet looked, he found a tisue tear that sent the bull to the stockyards. I have had a lot of cows with limps. Only once did I clearly find that it was footrot. In fact, it has always been an injury except for that one case. In the last three years, I have had a vet out for foot problems about a half dozen times. It has never been footrot. My terrain is steep. It is clay soil with only a few rocks. But I wonder if a lot of the limps come from rock bruises. If a cow is moving along, she slips her foot forward, it engages a stone, maybe goes into the area between the claws; looks like there could be a bad bruise and there would be no evidence except the limp. I expect that certain injuries will cause swelling but I rarely see swelling. I have a cow now that is not really limping much but she seems to drag the tips of the claws on her right front foot instead of picking it up and setting it down. There is no evidence of swelling or a cut. What type of problem does that seem to be? One of the things I want to select for in the future is good feet. How do you do that and what is good feet?