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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 220095" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Seen it in dairy cows; seen lots of hoof abcesses, footrot, ulcers, warts, corns, etc in dairy cows. lol. If the cow's lame without any outward, obvious reason for lameness (swelling, wart, etc) then the first thing I suspect is an abcess.</p><p></p><p>I'd keep him on antibiotics for a few days (say 2-3 treatments of LA200) just help clean it out. They don't always drain completely on their own. My hoof trimmer likes to pack abcesses with an oxytet mixture and wrap to prevent anything else (dirt etc) from getting up in there as well as to help fight the infection directly.</p><p></p><p>And if the hoof was taken down to almost nothing... he may be lame for awhile even if the abcess itself is cleaned up.</p><p></p><p>You probably would have been able to clear it up without the vet's help if you'd kept him on antibiotics for a few more days - I note that you said he was getting better, and then went back downhill. One more treatment might have prevented that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 220095, member: 852"] Seen it in dairy cows; seen lots of hoof abcesses, footrot, ulcers, warts, corns, etc in dairy cows. lol. If the cow's lame without any outward, obvious reason for lameness (swelling, wart, etc) then the first thing I suspect is an abcess. I'd keep him on antibiotics for a few days (say 2-3 treatments of LA200) just help clean it out. They don't always drain completely on their own. My hoof trimmer likes to pack abcesses with an oxytet mixture and wrap to prevent anything else (dirt etc) from getting up in there as well as to help fight the infection directly. And if the hoof was taken down to almost nothing... he may be lame for awhile even if the abcess itself is cleaned up. You probably would have been able to clear it up without the vet's help if you'd kept him on antibiotics for a few more days - I note that you said he was getting better, and then went back downhill. One more treatment might have prevented that. [/QUOTE]
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