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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 654719" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>So this cow of mine...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/nine.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>About three weeks ago I saw her lifting her front right foot when standing, limping a little. So I had a look. It turned out to be a small abscess (possibly a thorn penetration) on the inside of her heel and the heel was a little under-run. So I trimmed it out and let her go... dried her off a few days later if I remember rightly, and put her in the dry cow herd.</p><p></p><p>A week ago I see her hobbling along favouring her <em>back left </em>leg. So next time the herd is at the dairy shed I cut her out again, had a look at that foot.</p><p>And found nothing. In case she'd magically transported the pain from front-right to back left, I lifted the foot I'd looked at previously and found a job well done - no pain, no under-run sole.</p><p>So maybe she got injured because she was a new cow in the herd (though I didn't see any fighting) and it's leg not foot? In that case, should get better with rest.</p><p></p><p>But a week later, she's still favouring that leg - no worse, no better. Had another look at the foot, certain I must have missed something. And... there's nothing. No swelling, no heat, no broken skin between the claws, poked it all over and not a flinch or indication of pain, nothing visible on the cleaned sole. Nothing I can detect wrong with her leg either.</p><p></p><p>So I guess I either pay for a vet to come and examine her and see if his eyes are better than mine, or leave her and hope she gets better.</p><p>Last cow I saw like this was diagnosed with arthritis. This one's only four.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 654719, member: 9267"] So this cow of mine... [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/nine.JPG[/img] About three weeks ago I saw her lifting her front right foot when standing, limping a little. So I had a look. It turned out to be a small abscess (possibly a thorn penetration) on the inside of her heel and the heel was a little under-run. So I trimmed it out and let her go... dried her off a few days later if I remember rightly, and put her in the dry cow herd. A week ago I see her hobbling along favouring her [i]back left [/i]leg. So next time the herd is at the dairy shed I cut her out again, had a look at that foot. And found nothing. In case she'd magically transported the pain from front-right to back left, I lifted the foot I'd looked at previously and found a job well done - no pain, no under-run sole. So maybe she got injured because she was a new cow in the herd (though I didn't see any fighting) and it's leg not foot? In that case, should get better with rest. But a week later, she's still favouring that leg - no worse, no better. Had another look at the foot, certain I must have missed something. And... there's nothing. No swelling, no heat, no broken skin between the claws, poked it all over and not a flinch or indication of pain, nothing visible on the cleaned sole. Nothing I can detect wrong with her leg either. So I guess I either pay for a vet to come and examine her and see if his eyes are better than mine, or leave her and hope she gets better. Last cow I saw like this was diagnosed with arthritis. This one's only four. [/QUOTE]
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