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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 8769"><p>Ok, now every PM on every animal which dies shows heart hemorrhages. It's called agonal death (vs slaughtered animal's hearts...)Now the clots in the lungs could be related to a problem, again it could be normal. How soon after death was the cow posted? How large was the heart? Normal or enlarged? What did the heart tissue look like grossly? Consistency of the lung? I know I'm not answering your question, but without this, the signifigance of the findings are unknown. Corn in the stomach? If moldy, could be signifigant. Trailing 1/2 mile should never kill a normal animal, but if she had cardiomyopathy, that could kill her. The clots could just be due to time since death, or be the cause of death. Were there any parasites present in the lungs? Lungworm can certainly kill a mature cow if the numbers are high enough (and will affect the rest of your herd). Selenium deficiency would be something else to consider. If you have any further questions, ask your vet or I'll try to help!<br>V<br>: A Postmortem of a cow showed it had major heart hemorages and there were clots in the lung...the only other notable thing in the autopsy was a good amount of corn in the stomach. The cow had been running on cornstalks with her herdmates. The cow had been driven hard out about 1/2 mile 2 to 6 hours prior to her death. Could the 1/2 mile hard drive been the cause of the heart hemorages and thus the death of the cow? Thank you for your opinions !<p></p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:vcane@hurontario.net">vcane@hurontario.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 8769"] Ok, now every PM on every animal which dies shows heart hemorrhages. It's called agonal death (vs slaughtered animal's hearts...)Now the clots in the lungs could be related to a problem, again it could be normal. How soon after death was the cow posted? How large was the heart? Normal or enlarged? What did the heart tissue look like grossly? Consistency of the lung? I know I'm not answering your question, but without this, the signifigance of the findings are unknown. Corn in the stomach? If moldy, could be signifigant. Trailing 1/2 mile should never kill a normal animal, but if she had cardiomyopathy, that could kill her. The clots could just be due to time since death, or be the cause of death. Were there any parasites present in the lungs? Lungworm can certainly kill a mature cow if the numbers are high enough (and will affect the rest of your herd). Selenium deficiency would be something else to consider. If you have any further questions, ask your vet or I'll try to help!<br>V<br>: A Postmortem of a cow showed it had major heart hemorages and there were clots in the lung...the only other notable thing in the autopsy was a good amount of corn in the stomach. The cow had been running on cornstalks with her herdmates. The cow had been driven hard out about 1/2 mile 2 to 6 hours prior to her death. Could the 1/2 mile hard drive been the cause of the heart hemorages and thus the death of the cow? Thank you for your opinions !<p> <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [email=vcane@hurontario.net]vcane@hurontario.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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